English Explanatory Dictionary

sync

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.
  2. Harmony.
  3. A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.
verb
  1. To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.
  2. To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

Pronunciation

/sɪŋk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sync.wav

Word forms

sync syncs synch syncing synching synced synched sunk

Etymology

Clipping of synchronization.

Derived words

composite sync in sync lip sync lip-sync multisync off sync on sync out of sync sync on green syncword V-sync sync up
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