English
Verb
Synthesize (third-person singular simple present Synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)
- (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.
- Cornell researchers synthesize low-frequency sounds to match the graphics, then map in the highs based on the sounds of real fire. (Source)
- Use writing to learn and synthesize new concepts.
- All living cells use ribosomes to synthesize proteins.
- (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
- (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
- Researchers working at Columbia University in New York have figured out how to synthesize several compounds from the stilbenoid, resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in the skin of grapes that has been shown to have a wide variety of medicinal benefits. (Source)
- (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
- Yale scientists synthesize unique family of anti-cancer compounds. (Source)
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Thesaurus
add, amalgamate, analyze, apply reason, arrange, assemble, assimilate, blend, build, build up, coalesce, combine, come together, compose, compound, comprise, connect, consist of, consolidate, constitute, construct, deduce, embody, encompass, enter into, fabricate, flux, form, fuse, generalize, go into, hypothesize, identify, include, incorporate, infer, integrate, intellectualize, interblend, interfuse, join, logicalize, logicize, lump together, made, make, make one, make up, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mix, orchestrate, organize, philosophize, piece together, provide a rationale, put together, rationalize, reason, reembody, roll into one, shade into, solidify, structure, syllogize, symphonize, syncretize, syndicate, theorize, unify, unite, unite in, use reason
Translations
To combine things to produce a new, more complex product
To be combined producing a new, more complex product
To produce a substance by chemical synthesis
To be produced a by chemical synthesis
