Dictionary entry details
• SYNCHRONISE (verb)
Meaning:
Happen at the same time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
synchronise; synchronize
Context example:
synchronize this film
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion picture; motion-picture show; movie; moving picture; moving-picture show; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "synchronise"):
dub (provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
contemporize; contemporise; synchronise; synchronize
Context example:
synchronize biblical events
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Operate simultaneously
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
synchronise; synchronize
Context example:
The clocks synchronize
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cause to indicate the same time or rate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
synchronise; synchronize
Context example:
synchronize your watches
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sync; synchronize; synchronise
Context example:
Let's synchronize our efforts
Hypernyms (to "synchronise" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "synchronise"):
phase (adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
desynchronise (cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times)
