sync

«sync» in Mova's school dictionary: to make two things happen at exactly the same time, or to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (sync, syncs, synced, syncing); noun (sync — mostly uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) To sync means to make two things happen at exactly the same time, or to make devices share the same, up-to-date information. tree →

2) In sync means happening together at the same time or speed; out of sync means not matching. tree →

3) (informal) If people are in sync, they agree or get on well and think alike. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing lessons: syncing photos or files between a phone and a computer; in music, dance and films, keeping sound and movement together; in everyday life, friends «in sync»; phrases: in sync, out of sync, sync up, lip-sync.

examples

• My tablet syncs my photos to the cloud. tree →
• The dancers moved perfectly in sync. tree →
• The sound in the video was out of sync with the lips. tree →
• We synced our watches before the race. tree →
• She and her best friend are always in sync. tree →
• Kids made a lip-sync video for the talent show. tree →

note

Short for «synchronise» (UK) / «synchronize» (US). Past: synced (sometimes «synched»). Sounds like «sink» — homophone trap.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sync» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.