different between acclimatize vs harmonize

English

Alternative forms

• acclimatise (chiefly British)

Etymology

acclimate +? -ize. First attested in 1836.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?kla?.m?.?ta?z/

Verb

acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

1. (intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
2. (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

Derived terms

• acclimatization
• acclimatizer

Related terms

• acclimate
• acclimation

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• harmonise (British)

Etymology

From French harmoniser.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??m?na?z/

Verb

harmonize (third-person singular simple present harmonizes, present participle harmonizing, simple past and past participle harmonized)

1. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
2. (intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
3. (transitive, music) To provide parts to.
4. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible.
5. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

Related terms

• harmonization

Translations

Anagrams

• Horezmian

Portuguese

Verb

harmonize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of harmonizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of harmonizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of harmonizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of harmonizar