synchronize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

   Let's synchronize our efforts.

2. 2
   verb

   cause to indicate the same time or rate

   Synchronize your watches.

3. 3
   verb

   operate simultaneously

   The clocks synchronize.

4. 4
   verb

   arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

   Synchronize biblical events.

Simplified etymology

Synchronize dates from the early 17th century and is based ultimately on Greek khronos, “time,” in a formation meaning “to make the same time.”

From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.

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