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  • adjective Operating in unison, in a state of synchronization.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of synchronise.

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  • adjective operating in unison

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Examples

  • If you work in an office with Microsoft Exchange, contacts can be shared and synchronised, which is very helpful.

    Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Sync or swim for a bikini workout: Dive into a retro fitness regime with aquatic ballet, aka synchronised swimming

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Look carefully and you'll see that their positions are not synchronised, which is odd for a parade ground display.

    authorblog 2008

  • As an exercise, it is performed, usually in groups, at half speed, a slow-motion ballet of precise movements, a kind of synchronised swimming without the pool.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • Similar "synchronised" asteroids may be hiding with periods of very close to two, three, four years and so on, Harris says.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • My teeth and my buttocks were involved in some kind of synchronised clenching display as we weaved along for about 45 minutes until we finally arrived at the boats where there were people to help me off the bike, take my bags and lead me to the boat.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Similar "synchronised" asteroids may be hiding with periods of very close to two, three, four years and so on, Harris says.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Similar "synchronised" asteroids may be hiding with periods of very close to two, three, four years and so on, Harris says.

    New Scientist - Space 2010

  • #Seeing as all the controllers are wireless, they might need to be "synchronised".

    Cubed3.com News 2009

  • #Seeing as all the controllers are wireless, they might need to be "synchronised".

    Cubed3.com News 2009

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