sync

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/sɪŋk/

noun 3verb 2

Collocations

ADJ.

missing, mobile, perfect, together

My phone's calendar was completely out of sync with my work schedule.

VERB + SYNC

access, cloud, let

Let me sync my phone with the cloud so I can access my files anywhere.

SYNC + NOUN

decades, photos, song, video, windows

I synced all my photos across my devices so I could access them anywhere.

PREP.

in, out, with

The dancers moved in sync with the music throughout the entire performance.

Definitions

noun

Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

Harmony.

A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.

verb

To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.

Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.

He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.

To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

synchronize
synchronise

Antonyms

desynchronize
desynchronise

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.

Wiktionary

He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.

Wiktionary

On Jul 18th Mark/Space released an updated version of Missing Sync for Windows Mobile for the Mac OS X.

Tatoeba · #326778

This app will let you sync your photos and music between all your devices.

Tatoeba · #791834

We're in sync.

Tatoeba · #2240841

The dubbed movie is annoying to watch because the audio is out of sync with the video.

Tatoeba · #3468918

Usage Notes

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In some senses, sync is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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