synchronize

syn·chro·nize

1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
2. To operate in unison.

1. a. To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate: We synchronized our watches.
   b. To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else: They synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival.
2. To arrange (historical events) in a synchronism so as to indicate parallel occurrence.
3. To cause (soundtrack and action) to match exactly in a film.

Origin: Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous .

Related Forms:

• synchronization synˌchro·ni·zaˈtion (-nĭ-zāˈshən) noun

• synchronizer synˈchro·nizˌer noun