Sample sentences for SYNCHRONOUS

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Definition

at the same time or in a coordinated sequence

The fireworks were synchronized with the music.

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Bill Gates has described e-mail as a convenient form of asynchronous communication.
Synchronized swimming is one of her favorite Olympic events.

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

In synchronous motors, the rotor operates at the same speed as the rotating magnetic field.
He studied the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight.
These synchronizations have been hypothesized to support integration of sensory information.

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

Once your wiring synchronizes, you should be able to load it with a simple thought.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

His words don't seem synchronized with his mouth, as if a. soundtrack has gone askew.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

But for now it was more a matter of catching the precise pace, the exact flow of synchronized movements.
Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

To say that one lineman was more important than the others was as preposterous as arguing for the special value of a single synchronized swimmer.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

It's geared to synchronize with the slow motion.
Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

It's like synchronized swimming," Gazzy said, pleased.
James Patterson -- School's Out - Forever

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

WITH SYNCHRONIZED SCENT-ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Their faded uniforms look spectral in the dimness, and their breathing seems synchronized, and the effect is ghostly and unnerving.
Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

They turned their backs on me in synchronization.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

The audience seemed to have become one, its breathing and articulation synchronized.
Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Colonel Korn synchronized their watches without a single hitch and moved ahead with confidence.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

After all, whenever we were together for a while under the same roof, our cycles became as synchronized as our watches.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Until the beginning of adolescence they were two synchronized machines.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Booth is satisfied that his plan is simple enough that the synchronized slayings will not tax the mental capacities of his underlings.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

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