sync

Meanings

nounsync (usually uncountable, plural syncs)

plural syncs · alternative synch

abbreviationclippinginformaluncountableusuallyClipping of synchronization or synchrony.
informaluncountableusuallyHarmony.
countableinformalusuallyentertainmentA music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.
The 2008 animation Waltz With Bashir was the first in a series of screen commissions and syncs that has made him a fixture of pop culture, marrying his exquisite melancholy to the saccharine and spectacular.
2024 September 4, Jazz Monroe, “Max Richter on the Music That Made Him”, in Pitchfork

verbsync (third-person singular simple present syncs, present participle syncing or synching, simple past and past participle synced or synched or (humorous) sunk)

present singular third person syncs · participle present syncing · participle present synching · participle past synced · past synced · participle past synched · past synched · humorous participle past sunk · humorous past sunk · alternative synch

informalTo synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.
Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.
1 more example
He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.
informalcomputingTo flush all pending I/O operations to disk.