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sync
(sync)
Pronunciation:
/sɪŋk/
(also
synch
)
informal
noun
[
mass noun
]
synchronization:
images flash on to your screen
in sync with
the music
verb
[
with object
]
synchronize:
the flash needs to be synced to your camera
Phrases
in
(or
out of
)
sync
working well (or badly) together; in (or out of) agreement:
her eyes and her brain seemed to be seriously out of sync
Origin:
1920s
: abbreviation
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