synthesize
pronunciation
How to pronounce synthesize in British English:
UK [ ˈsɪnθəsaɪz]
How to pronounce synthesize in American English:
US [ ˈsɪnθəsaɪz]
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- Verb:
- combine so as to form a more complex, product
- combine and form a synthesis
Word Origin
- synthesize (v.)
- "combine or bring together" (two or more things), 1825, from synthesis + -ize. A correct formation would be *synthetize. Related: Synthesized; synthesizing.
Example
- 1. Researchers were successfully able to synthesize genes in both cases .
- 2. It turns out that humans are able to synthesize happiness .
- 3. Kant 's genius was finding a way to synthesize these two opposing views .
- 4. They have developed all kinds of tools to synthesize and manipulate this molecule .
- 5. A third way to find wimps is to try to synthesize them in terrestrial experiments .