SYNC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sync mean? 

• SYNC (verb)
  The verb SYNC has 1 sense:

1. make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

  Familiarity information: SYNC used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNC (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sync    ... he / she / it syncs   
Past simple: synced   
Past participle: synced   
-ing form: syncing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sync; synchronise; synchronize

Context example:

Let's synchronize our efforts

Hypernyms (to "sync" is one way to...):

adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sync"):

phase (adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

This is the only time in 2019 these two planets will be in sync, and they won’t contact each other again until 2024 (in conjunction) and in 2028 (in a heavenly trine, like this month).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If rhythms in different organs are out of sync, do plants suffer from a kind of internal jet lag?

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

This is called a spin-orbit resonance, meaning the moon's rotation, or spin, is in sync with its orbit around Saturn.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

Mule deer mothers are in sync with their environment, with reproduction patterns that closely match the cycles of plant growth in their habitat.

(Tracking Deer by NASA Satellite, NASA)

For that, I would wait until next month, December 15, when Jupiter and Uranus will be in sync, which is a gorgeous aspect.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The brain contains a master clock that keeps the rest of the body in sync, using light signals from the eyes to keep in time with environment.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

Jupiter and surprise planet Uranus will be in sync, so don’t be anxious.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On March 27, Venus in Taurus will be in perfect sync with Jupiter in Capricorn, a highly romantic vibration.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

January 23 is a Thursday, but it brings a darling day for travel, thanks to Venus in Pisces in sync with Jupiter in Capricorn.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars and Jupiter will be in sync on November 12, so that would be your best day to travel for any reason.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)