sync

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verb

ˈsiŋk 

variants or less commonly synch

synced also synched ˈsiŋ(k)t  ; syncing also synching ˈsiŋ-kiŋ 

transitive verb

: synchronize

sync

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noun

variants or less commonly synch

: synchronization, synchronism

moving in sync

out of sync with the world

sync adjective

Examples of sync in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The change would allow commissioners to fill those commission vacancies by scheduling a special election to sync up with an existing local election. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

The music is used in a scene where Alex watches his brother fight while the cartoon score plays, syncing humorously with the action. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Noun

As pre-production raced along, Klein worked with multiple collaborators on the songs and the pre-records the actors would lip-sync to. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026

Motion Freeze is Polaroid’s name for the second curtain sync or rear curtain flash feature found in other cameras. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1929, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing sync

• in sync
• lip-sync
• out of sync

Rhymes for sync

• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• dink
• drink
• fink
• hink
• ink
• kink
• klink