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DESYNCHRONISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desynchronise mean?
• DESYNCHRONISE (verb)
The verb DESYNCHRONISE has 1 sense:
1. cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
Familiarity information: DESYNCHRONISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it desynchronises Past simple: desynchronised
Past participle: desynchronised
-ing form: desynchronising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
desynchronise; desynchronize
Hypernyms (to "desynchronise" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
synchronise (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)
Derivation:
desynchronisation (the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times)
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