v. (also -ise)
1. intr. (often foll. by with) occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
2 tr. cause to occur at the same time.
3 tr. carry out the synchronism of (a film).
4 tr. ascertain or set forth the correspondence in the date of (events).
5 a tr. cause (clocks etc.) to show a standard or uniform time. b intr. (of clocks etc.) be synchronized.
Phrases and idioms:
synchronized swimming a form of swimming in which participants make coordinated leg and arm movements in time to music.
Derivatives:
synchronization n. synchronizer n.