synchronic
pronunciation
How to pronounce synchronic in British English:
UK [sɪŋˈkrɒnɪk]
How to pronounce synchronic in American English:
US [sɪŋˈkrɑnɪk]
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- Adjective:
- occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
- (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Word Origin
- synchronic (adj.)
- "occurring at the same time," 1775, shortening of synchronical (1650s), from Late Latin synchronus "simultaneous" (see synchronous). Linguistic sense is first recorded 1922, probably a borrowing from French synchronique (de Saussure, 1913). Synchronal "simultaneous" is from 1650s. Related: synchronically.
Example
- 1. Is modern linguistics mainly synchronic or diachronic ?
- 2. A vertical and synchronic quantizing education means .
- 3. On the synchronic feature and diachronic change of tone in shandong .
- 4. But the synchronic structure is more hidden , and it is this structure that takes us to the source .
- 5. As a combination of the diachronic and synchronic study , the phenomenon of grammaticalization has become one of the hottest issues in recent years .