HARMONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harmonise mean? 

• HARMONISE (verb)
  The verb HARMONISE has 6 senses:

1. go together

2. write a harmony for

3. sing or play in harmony

4. bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously

5. bring into consonance or accord

6. bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

  Familiarity information: HARMONISE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARMONISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they harmonise    ... he / she / it harmonises   
Past simple: harmonised   
Past participle: harmonised   
-ing form: harmonising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go together

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize

Context example:

Their ideas concorded

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

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Verb group:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

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

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write a harmony for

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

harmonise; harmonize

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

compose; write (write music)

Domain category:

euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)

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

reharmonise; reharmonize (provide with a different harmony)

realise; realize (expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

harmonisation (a piece of harmonized music)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sing or play in harmony

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

harmonise; harmonize

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

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

harmonisation (singing in harmony)

harmoniser (a musician who sings or plays in harmony)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

harmonise; harmonize

Context example:

harmonize the different interests

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

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

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

accommodate; conciliate; reconcile (make (one thing) compatible with (another))

proportion (give pleasant proportions to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

harmoniser (a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another)

harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bring into consonance or accord

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

harmonise; harmonize; reconcile

Context example:

harmonize one's goals with one's abilities

Hypernyms (to "harmonise" 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 "harmonise"):

key (harmonize with or adjust to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

harmoniser (a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

chord; harmonise; harmonize

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

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

key (regulate the musical pitch of)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

harmonisation (singing in harmony)

harmonisation (a piece of harmonized music)

 Context examples 

And Mr. Weston tried, in vain, to make them harmonise better.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

There was nothing markedly abnormal in any of these conditions, which harmonised with my former experiences.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Everything was a friend, or bore her thoughts to a friend; and though there had been sometimes much of suffering to her; though her motives had often been misunderstood, her feelings disregarded, and her comprehension undervalued; though she had known the pains of tyranny, of ridicule, and neglect, yet almost every recurrence of either had led to something consolatory: her aunt Bertram had spoken for her, or Miss Lee had been encouraging, or, what was yet more frequent or more dear, Edmund had been her champion and her friend: he had supported her cause or explained her meaning, he had told her not to cry, or had given her some proof of affection which made her tears delightful; and the whole was now so blended together, so harmonised by distance, that every former affliction had its charm.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

His shape, now divested of cloak, I perceived harmonised in squareness with his physiognomy: I suppose it was a good figure in the athletic sense of the term—broad chested and thin flanked, though neither tall nor graceful.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)