synchronized
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Operating in unison; occurring or existing at the same time or rate: Describes actions, movements, or processes that are coordinated to happen together in perfect timing.
- Made to agree in time or rate; caused to match in timing: Describes things that have been adjusted so their actions or functions coincide.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The swimmers performed a perfectly synchronized routine. (The swimmers' movements were coordinated to happen at the same time.)
- The traffic lights are synchronized to improve the flow of cars. (The traffic lights have been adjusted to change at coordinated times.)
- We watched the synchronized movement of the flock of birds. (We watched the birds moving together in unison.)
Advanced Usage
- "tightly synchronized": Very precisely coordinated in time.
- The dancers' steps were tightly synchronized with the music.
- "electronically synchronized": Coordinated by electronic signals or systems.
- The cameras use an electronically synchronized shutter.
Variants and Related Words
- Synchronize (verb): To cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate.
- Please synchronize your watches.
- Synchronization (noun): The process or result of synchronizing.
- The synchronization of the data took several minutes.
- Synchrony (noun): Simultaneous action, occurrence, or development.
- There is a natural synchrony between the tides and the moon.
Synonyms
- Coordinated: Organized to function together in harmony.
- Simultaneous: Happening, existing, or done at the same time.
- Concurrent: Existing, happening, or done at the same time.
Related Phrases
- In sync: An informal phrase meaning synchronized or in harmony.
- The team's efforts were completely in sync.
- Out of sync: Not synchronized; not in harmony or agreement.
- The audio was out of sync with the video.
Adjective
- operating in unison
- the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings