different between synchronize vs synchronizable

English

Alternative forms

• synchronise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (sunkhroníz?).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?s??.k??.na??z/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.k??.na?z/

Verb

synchronize (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.
      • 1839, Thomas De Quincey, Philosophy of Roman History

        The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.

   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.

   We synchronized our watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock precisely.

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

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Translations

English

Alternative forms

• synchronisable

Etymology

synchronize +? -able

Adjective

synchronizable (comparative more synchronizable, superlative most synchronizable)

1. Able to be synchronized.