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synthesis

noun · 13 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
  • Southern-England: Berkshire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Southeast US Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈsənθəsəs/
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 N TH AH0 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The combination of thesis and antithesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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7

noun

Meaning 7

An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The uniting of ideas into a sentence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The reunion of parts that have been divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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10

noun

Meaning 10

An Ancient Roman dining-garment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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11

noun

Meaning 11

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought

Narrower terms: syllogism

12

noun

Meaning 12

the combination of ideas into a complex whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: synthetic thinking

Antonyms: analysis

Broader terms: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought

13

noun

Meaning 13

the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action

Narrower terms: biosynthesis, biogenesis, chemosynthesis, nucleosynthesis

History

Etymology

From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”). Doublet of sandhi.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْكِيب (tarkīb) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Armenian: սինթեզ (sintʻez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Armenian: համադրություն (hamadrutʻyun) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Belarusian: сі́нтэз (síntez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Bulgarian: си́нтез (síntez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Catalan: síntesi — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綜合 /综合 (zònghé) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Czech: syntéza — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Finnish: synteesi — formation of something complex or coherent
  • French: synthèse — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Galician: síntese — formation of something complex or coherent
  • German: Synthese — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Greek: σύνθεση (sýnthesi) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Hungarian: szintézis — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Ido: sintezo — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Indonesian: sintesis — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Italian: sintesi — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Japanese: 統合 (tōgō) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Japanese: 総合 (sōgō) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Khmer: សំយោគ (saŋyook) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Korean: 통합 (tonghap) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Korean: 종합 (jonghap) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Latvian: sintēze — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Macedonian: синте́за (sintéza) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Malay: sintesis — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Māori: pāhekohekotanga — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Persian: ترکیب (tarkib) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Persian: سنتز (santez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Polish: synteza — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Portuguese: síntese — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Romanian: sinteză — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Russian: си́нтез (síntɛz) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Slovak: syntéza — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Spanish: síntesis — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Tagalog: ganggang — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Ukrainian: си́нтез (sýntez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Vietnamese: tổng hợp — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Yiddish: סינטעז (sintez) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Yiddish: סינטעזע (sinteze) — formation of something complex or coherent
  • Arabic: اِصْطِنَاع (iṣṭināʕ) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Arabic: اِصْطِنَاع كِيمِيَائِيّ (iṣṭināʕ kīmiyāʔiyy) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Bulgarian: синтез (sintez) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Catalan: síntesi — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 合成 — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合成 (héchéng) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Finnish: synteesi — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • French: synthèse — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • German: Synthese — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Greek: σύνθεση (sýnthesi) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Italian: sintesi — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Japanese: 合成 (gōsei) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Macedonian: синте́за (sintéza) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Persian: سنتز (santez) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Portuguese: síntese — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Russian: си́нтез (síntɛz) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Spanish: síntesis — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Tagalog: ganggang — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Uzbek: sintez — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Yiddish: סינטעז (sintez) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Yiddish: סינטעזע (sinteze) — chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
  • Armenian: համադրություն (hamadrutʻyun) — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Bulgarian: синтез (sintez) — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Catalan: síntesi — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Finnish: synteesi — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Macedonian: синте́за (sintéza) — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Portuguese: síntese — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Romanian: sinteză — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Russian: си́нтез (síntɛz) — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Spanish: deducción — logic: deduction from the general to the particular
  • Armenian: համադրություն (hamadrutʻyun) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Bulgarian: синтез (sintez) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合題 /合题 (hétí) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Finnish: synteesi — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • French: synthèse — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Greek: σύνθεση (sýnthesi) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Italian: sintesi — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Japanese: 総合判断 (sōgō-handan) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Macedonian: синте́за (sintéza) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Portuguese: síntese — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Russian: си́нтез (síntɛz) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Spanish: síntesis — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Yiddish: סינטעז (sintez) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Yiddish: סינטעזע (sinteze) — philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
  • Bulgarian: синтез (sintez) — military: in intelligence usage
  • Finnish: synteesi — military: in intelligence usage
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