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synchronization

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or property of being synchronized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

coordinating by causing to indicate the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coordination

4

noun

Meaning 4

an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adjustment, registration, readjustment

5

noun

Meaning 5

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: synchronism, synchrony, synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronisation, synchronizing

Antonyms: desynchronization

Broader terms: temporal relation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Ancient Greek συγ- (sug-) Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) Ancient Greek σῠ́γχρονος (sŭ́nkhronos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō)der. English synchronize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English synchronization From synchronize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: համաժամեցում (hamažamecʻum) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Asturian: sincronización — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Belarusian: сінхраніза́цыя (sinxranizácyja) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Bulgarian: синхрониза́ция (sinhronizácija) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Catalan: sincronització — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同步 (tóngbù) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同步化 (tóngbùhuà) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Danish: synkronisering — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Dutch: synchronisatie — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Esperanto: sinkronigo — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Estonian: sünkroniseerimine — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Finnish: synkronointi — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Finnish: tahdistus — the state or property of being synchronized
  • French: synchronisation — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Galician: sincronización — the state or property of being synchronized
  • German: Synchronisierung — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Hungarian: szinkronizálás — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Indonesian: sinkronisasi — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Italian: sincronizzazione — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Japanese: 同期 (dōki) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Korean: 싱크로 (singkeuro) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Māori: whakatautokotahitanga — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Māori: whakatukutahitanga — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Persian: همگامسازی (hamgâm-sâzi) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Polish: synchronizacja — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Portuguese: sincronização — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Romanian: sincronizare — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Russian: синхрониза́ция (sinxronizácija) — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Serbo-Croatian: sinkronizacija — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Spanish: sincronización — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Swedish: synkronisering — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Tagalog: pagsasabay-sabay — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Tagalog: pag-synchronize — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Turkish: senkronizasyon — the state or property of being synchronized
  • Ukrainian: синхроніза́ція (synxronizácija) — the state or property of being synchronized
Real reading context

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