sync

CEFRB2

/sɪŋk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make things happen or work together at the same time.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • They looked at each other and licked their lips in sync.

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

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

More examples

In context

  • Was that Mary's actual voice or did she lip sync the song?

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

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

To ensure your calendar is up to date, you must blank your phone with the cloud server.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

verb

Clipping of synchronization.