gears

verb

Definition of gearsnext
present tense third-person singular of gear
as in models

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gears
  1. adjusts
  2. matches
  3. adapts
  4. edits
Verb
  • The machine adjusts resistance in real-time, understanding performance levels and capabilities.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • As Graham adjusts to modern-day living, the civil servant must also come to terms with the budding relationship that's forming between them — and what the future may hold for them too.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of adjusts
Verb
  • In the end, the researchers were able to use the vast web of Android phones to map out the ionosphere with a level of accuracy that matches monitoring stations.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The test, developed at the University of California, San Francisco, extracts the DNA and RNA from a sample of blood, tissue or body fluid, and then sequences the genetic material and compares the sequences to a vast database of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites to see what matches up.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of matches
Verb
  • As the industry adapts, what fuels this transformation?
    Anushree Jain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The answer isn’t given in the third season of the Netflix show, which adapts Michael Connelly’s book The Gods of Guilt.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of adapts
Verb
  • Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain at Scientific American, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences.
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The piece included screenshots of Wikipedia edits as well as Dickinson’s trail to Herron and Holt.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of edits
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gearing up

gears

gears up

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