sync
verb
\ ˈsiŋk
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variants:
or less commonly synch
synced
also synched\ ˈsiŋ(k)t
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syncing
also synching\ ˈsiŋ-kiŋ
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syncing
also synching\ ˈsiŋ-kiŋ
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Definition of sync
(Entry 1 of 2)
sync
noun
variants:
or less commonly synch
Definition of sync (Entry 2 of 2)
: synchronization, synchronism
moving in sync out of sync with the world
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The case can sync with both your iPad and iPhone simultaneously, allowing you to toggle between both devices. — Emily Price, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Bluetooth Keyboards for Getting Work Done on the Road," 26 Aug. 2019 Like other streaming services, there is an app for the desktop, iOS and Android, and Focus@Will can sync with Sonos for easy playback on speakers. — Jake Krol, CNN Underscored, "This music service offers playlists that help you focus," 24 June 2019 Neurons in our brains fire in synchronous patterns to operate our bodies and minds, and pacemaker cells in our hearts sync up to generate the beat. — Wired, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019 Along with farming, climate change is one of the main drivers of the monarch’s threatened extinction, disrupting an annual 3,000-mile migration synced to springtime and the blossoming of wildflowers. — Washington Post, "As monarch butterfly struggles, the government weakens possible protections," 15 Aug. 2019 Along with farming, climate change is one of the main drivers of the monarch’s threatened extinction, disrupting an annual 3,000-mile migration synced to springtime and the blossoming of wildflowers. — Ellen Knickmeyer, baltimoresun.com, "The plight of the monarchs: Trump order weakens protections for butterflies in Maryland, elsewhere," 14 Aug. 2019 Jeff Kravitz/BBMA2019Getty Images This weekend, a video of Taylor Swift, dancing and lip syncing to her own music went viral on Twitter. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Drunk Taylor Swift Is the Most Relatable Taylor Swift and Twitter Is Here for It," 11 Aug. 2019 Snead was entering this year with fewer than the three years that McVay had left on his existing contract, and now the two are synced up through 2023 together. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Odell and Baker Are Clicking—But They Know They Haven’t Won Anything Yet," 29 July 2019 Ramona’s fireworks show is one of just nine in San Diego County simulcast on the radio, said Ramona Rotary President Kim Lasley, noting that the Ramona skyshow will have 921 fireworks synced to the music on KyXy. — Ramona Sentinel, "Rotary shifts fireworks campaign into high gear," 27 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
With his mechanics out of sync and with opposing hitters keying in on his pitching tendencies, his confidence shrank. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Rockies’ Kyle Freeland taking small steps forward on comeback path," 15 Aug. 2019 As Meg Anderson, Haley Day, and Katie Grenier practiced their routine, Grenier slipped carelessly out of sync, took a moment from supporting a lift to stifle a sneeze, and finally broke away entirely to snack on a bag of chips. — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, "Provocation and playfulness in Boston Contemporary Dance Festival performances," 11 Aug. 2019 The exchange rate will run and this is completely out of sync. — Chris Muronzi, Quartz Africa, "The Zimbabwean dollar makes a return a decade later but uncertainty reigns," 26 June 2019 Entering the ninth with a 5-1 lead, closer Sergio Romo was out-of-sync the entire inning. — Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, "Marlins blow four-run ninth-inning lead, lose in 12 innings to Braves," 9 June 2019 There’s no contradiction: As California utilities buy more and more solar power as part of the state’s quest to confront climate change, supply and demand are increasingly out of sync. — Sammy Roth, latimes.com, "California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers," 5 June 2019 Novel forms of sync could have applications in encryption. — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019 Novel forms of sync could have applications in encryption. — Quanta Magazine, "Scientists Discover Exotic New Patterns of Synchronization," 4 Apr. 2019 Sinopoli adds the new light fixture will be accompanied by a moving lighting system that’ll undulate in sync with the chandelier-cum-disco ball. — Zach Schlein, Billboard, "Bienvenidos a Miami: Insomniac Events Acquires Ownership Stake in Miami's Club Space," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sync.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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