- to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together: They synchronized their steps and walked on together.
- Movies, Television.
- to cause (sound and action) to match precisely: to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
- to match the sound and action in (a scene).
- to harmonize or bring into alignment: To be at peace with yourself you must synchronize your lifestyle with your values.
- to cause (accounts or narratives) to agree in the timing and sequence of events, or to arrange (events) in a way that shows their occurrence in the same time or period: The early church fathers did not attempt to synchronize the four gospels.This chart synchronizes inventions that occurred simultaneously in different parts of the world.
- sync (def. 4).
- to adjust the periodicities of (two or more electrical or mechanical devices) so that the periods are equal or integral multiples or fractions of each other.
- to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
- to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together.
- sync (def. 7).
- to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison
- to indicate or cause to indicate the same time
- to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC
- to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
- to designate (events) as simultaneous
