Definition of "synchronize"

synchronize

/ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪːz/

verb
third-person singular simple present synchronizes, present participle synchronizing, simple past and past participle synchronized
1. (transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
  1. (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
    Quotations
    The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.
    1839, Thomas De Quincey, Philosophy of Roman History
  2. (transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.
2. (transitive) To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.
3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.
4. (intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
5. (transitive) To coordinate or combine.