SYNCHRONIZE

synchronize, synchronise, sync

(verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; “Let’s synchronize our efforts”

synchronize, synchronise

(verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate; “synchronize your watches”

synchronize, synchronise

(verb) operate simultaneously; “The clocks synchronize”

synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise

(verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; “synchronize biblical events”

synchronize, synchronise

(verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; “synchronize this film”

synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise

(verb) happen at the same time

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

synchronize (third-person singular simple present synchronizes, present participle synchronizing, simple past and past participle synchronized)

(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.

(intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.

(transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.

(transitive) To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.

(computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.

(intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.

(transitive) To coordinate or combine.

Source: Wiktionary

Syn"chro*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Synchronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing.] Etym: [Gr.

Definition: To agree in time; to be simultaneous. The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey.

Syn"chro*nize, v. t.

1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. "Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus." W. L. Bevan.

2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition