self-synchronize

verb

To adjust its period to that of an average of the group.

OriginEnglish synchronize ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

verbself-synchronize (third-person singular simple present self-synchronizes, present participle self-synchronizing, simple past and past participle self-synchronized)

present singular third person self-synchronizes · participle present self-synchronizing · participle past self-synchronized · past self-synchronized

  1. To adjust its period to that of an average of the group.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishsynchronize
  9. Englishself-synchronize

From self- + synchronize.

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APA

self-synchronize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-synchronize

MLA

“self-synchronize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-synchronize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-synchronize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-synchronize.

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