synchronize
verb
syn·chro·nize
ˈsiŋ-krə-ˌnīz 
ˈsin-
synchronized; synchronizing
: to happen at the same time
1
: to represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistence
2
: to make synchronous in operation
3
: to make (motion-picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
synchronizer
noun
Examples of synchronize in a Sentence
The dancers practiced until they synchronized their movements.
The sound and picture have to synchronize perfectly.
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The Monitor colleagues fail to synchronize and must try again.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
These rhythms align your bodily functions with your environment, synchronizing your body to day and night down to the molecular level.
—Mackenzie Gamble, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
When the compilation was played again during opening statements, the footage was synchronized with the sound of two loud cracking noises captured as the audio to a different video from the area.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
Observing the Kumamoto chimpanzees for over 600 hours, then documenting the almost 1,330 urinations that occurred during that time, the researchers determined whether the chimpanzees’ urinations were synchronized.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
These rhythms align your bodily functions with your environment, synchronizing your body to day and night down to the molecular level.
—Mackenzie Gamble, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
When the compilation was played again during opening statements, the footage was synchronized with the sound of two loud cracking noises captured as the audio to a different video from the area.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
Observing the Kumamoto chimpanzees for over 600 hours, then documenting the almost 1,330 urinations that occurred during that time, the researchers determined whether the chimpanzees’ urinations were synchronized.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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synchronize
verb
syn·chro·nize
ˈsiŋ-krə-ˌnīz
ˈsin-
synchronized; synchronizing
: to cause to agree in time
synchronize your watches
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