synchronised

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

• 🇫🇷Décrit des événements ou des actions qui se produisent en même temps ou sont coordonnés pour être exécutés ensemble.

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.

   🇫🇷synchronisé

   Synonymes: concurrentcontemporaneouscoordinatedparallelsimultaneoussynchronizedsynchronous

   Antonymes: 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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant faire se produire des événements en même temps ou à la même vitesse, ou aligner des données ou des opérations entre systèmes.

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.

   🇫🇷se produire simultanément

   Synonymes: co-occurcoincideconcur

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷synchroniser

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Synchroniser (des événements)

   Synonymes: aligncoordinatecorrelateharmonizemeshorchestratescheduletime

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Synchroniser

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷synchroniser

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Synchroniser (ajuster dans le temps ou la manière)

   Synonymes: alignattunecoordinateharmonizematchregulatetime

   Antonymes: desynchronisemisalignoffset

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