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How to spell synchronize

Synchronize is spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-Z-E.

hear itsyn·chro·nize/'sɪŋkrə,naɪz/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To cause things to happen at the same time.

In a sentence: Let's synchronize our claps and clap together!

Also spelled: synchronise (accepted as correct).

Same family: synchronization, synchronous, asynchronous, synchronized, synchronizer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Synchronize comes from the Greek roots syn- meaning “together” and chronos meaning “time,” literally “to happen at the same time.” It entered English in the 17th century as scientists and clockmakers tried to keep distant clocks showing exactly the same time.

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