synchronised

Describes events or actions that occur at the same time or are coordinated to happen together.

• 🇪🇸Describe eventos o acciones que ocurren al mismo tiempo o están coordinados para ejecutarse conjuntamente.

1. Operating in unison B2 formal

   Occurring or operating at the same time or rate; coordinated.

   • The dancers performed a perfectly synchronised routine.
   • The team's movements were synchronised during the drill.
   • The clocks were synchronised to ensure accurate timing.

   🇪🇸sincronizado

   Sinónimos: concurrentcontemporaneouscoordinatedparallelsimultaneoussynchronizedsynchronous

   Antónimos: asynchronousunsynchronized

• more synchronised comparative form
• most synchronised superlative form

A verb meaning to cause things to occur at the same time or rate, or to match data or operations between systems.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que significa hacer que eventos ocurran al mismo tiempo o a la misma velocidad, o alinear datos u operaciones entre sistemas.

1. Happen at the same time B2 formal

   To occur simultaneously or in unison.

   • The dancers' movements synchronised perfectly with the music.
   • The two events synchronised, causing a massive traffic jam.
   • Their heartbeats seemed to synchronise as they held hands.

   🇪🇸coincidir en el tiempo

   Sinónimos: co-occurcoincideconcur

   Antónimos: desynchronise

2. Match sound and action B2 formal

   To make the sound of a motion picture exactly simultaneous with the visual action.

   • The editor worked hard to synchronise the dialogue with the actors' lip movements.
   • In the final cut, the sound effects were synchronised with the explosions.
   • The film was poorly synchronised, with the audio lagging behind the video.

   🇪🇸Sincronizar

   Sinónimos: aligncoordinatematchsync

3. Arrange events to co-occur B2 formal

   To arrange or represent events so that they happen at the same time.

   • The historian tried to synchronise the timelines of the two ancient civilizations.
   • We need to synchronise our schedules to find a common meeting time.
   • The project managers synchronised the launch dates of the two products.

   🇪🇸sincronizar

   Sinónimos: aligncoordinatecorrelateharmonizemeshorchestratescheduletime

   Antónimos: desynchroniseoffsetstagger

4. Operate simultaneously B2 formal

   To cause multiple systems or devices to operate at the same time or rate.

   • The computers synchronise their clocks every hour.
   • The drones synchronised their flight paths for the aerial show.
   • The factory robots synchronise their movements to avoid collisions.

   🇪🇸Sincronizar

   Sinónimos: alignclockcoordinateharmonizematchmesh

5. Set to the same time B2 formal

   To cause clocks or devices to indicate the same time or rate.

   • Please synchronise your watches before the mission begins.
   • The network automatically synchronises the time on all connected devices.
   • We need to synchronise the timers for the experiment to be accurate.

   🇪🇸Sincronizar

   Sinónimos: aligncalibratecoordinateharmonizematchsync

6. Adjust in time or manner B2 formal

   To make something synchronous and adjust it in time or manner to match another.

   • The software synchronises the data between your phone and the cloud.
   • The conductor synchronised the orchestra's tempo with the soloist.
   • The team synchronised their efforts to complete the project on time.

   🇪🇸Sincronizar

   Sinónimos: alignattunecoordinateharmonizematchregulatetime

   Antónimos: desynchronisemisalignoffset

• synchronised past participle
• synchronised past simple
• synchronising present participle
• synchronises third person singular