synergy

CEFRB2

/ˈsɪnəd͡ʒi/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Extra strength created when people or things work together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.

Examples

  • Those actors play off each other so well that it makes a kind of synergy.

  • "We need more synergy." "What does that mean?"

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.

  2. A synonym of binding energy.

  3. Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.

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In context

  • Depending on the initial condition of the system (initial alphabet and number of elements) the co-evolution of nested local and global hierarchies continues until the system reaches a maximum value of complexity. At least for nuclear systems a quantitative va...

  • the digestive synergy

  • Others argued that the notion of a targeted war on a particular disease inevitably distracted from natural synergies with other areas of research.

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Origin

noun

From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, syn- + -ergy.