ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sync

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /sɪŋk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sync is a noun meaning Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

Meaning

Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

More Meanings

  1. Harmony.
  2. (music) A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.
  3. (informal) To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.
  4. (informal, computing) To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

Example Sentences

Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.
He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.

Word Forms

Synonyms for sync

Depending on context, synonyms include synchronize.

Antonyms for sync

Common opposites include desynchronize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include synchronize, synchronization, synchrony, synch, synchronicity, synchronous.

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