SYNTHESIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synthesize mean? 

• SYNTHESIZE (verb)
  The verb SYNTHESIZE has 2 senses:

1. combine so as to form a more complex, product

2. combine and form a synthesis

  Familiarity information: SYNTHESIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNTHESIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they synthesize    ... he / she / it synthesizes   
Past simple: synthesized   
Past participle: synthesized   
-ing form: synthesizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combine so as to form a more complex, product

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

synthesise; synthesize

Context example:

The liver synthesizes vitamins

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

combine; compound (put or add together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

analyze (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features)

Derivation:

synthesizer ((music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments)

synthesizer (an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Combine and form a synthesis

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

N-glycans thus synthesized are classified into three types: high-mannose type, complex type, and hybrid type.

(N-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

IUPAC allows the teams of scientists who discover and synthesize new elements to name them, subject to process.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)

One of 800 terephthalanilides synthesized and tested preclinically in the late 1950's and early 1960's.

(Amidino TIC, NCI Thesaurus)

Volunteers were then asked to listen to the synthesized sentences and to transcribe what they heard.

(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)

The precursor form is a type I membrane protein that contains one EGF-like domain and is synthesized in several tissues and tumor cells.

(Betacellulin, NCI Thesaurus)

CoQ10 is a molecule synthesized in body cells with key functions in the cellular metabolism.

(A new pharmacological therapy against a severe kind of deficiency in Coenzyme Q10, University of Granada)

The inner part of the adrenal gland; it synthesizes, stores and releases catecholamines.

(Adrenal medulla, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Asparagine is critical to protein synthesis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells which, unlike normal cells, cannot synthesize this amino acid due to the absence of the enzyme asparagine synthase.

(Calaspargase Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenovirus nuclear membrane glycoprotein synthesized from the E3 transcription unit in large amounts late in infection.

(Adenovirus Death Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer studies, adenosine triphosphate is synthesized to examine its use to decrease weight loss and improve muscle strength.

(Adenosine triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)