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synthesize

[ sin-thuh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, syn·the·sized, syn·the·siz·ing.
  1. to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements ( analyze ):

    to synthesize a statement.

  2. Chemistry. to combine (constituent elements) into a single or unified entity.
  3. to treat synthetically.


verb (used without object)

, syn·the·sized, syn·the·siz·ing.
  1. to make or form a synthesis.

synthesize

/ ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

  1. to combine or cause to combine into a whole
  2. tr to produce by synthesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsynthesiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • synthe·si·zation noun
  • non·synthe·sized adjective
  • re·synthe·size verb (used with object) resynthesized resynthesizing
  • un·synthe·sized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of synthesize1

First recorded in 1820–30; synthes(is) + -ize
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Example Sentences

Its team helped us analyze the data we collected and synthesize the information.

Although more controversial than synthesizing meat from everyday plant materials like soy or wheat, the technology is growing fast.

From Time

At present this relies on synthesizing DNA in the lab, and while costs are falling rapidly, this is still a complicated and expensive business.

Once synthesized, the sequences then have to be carefully stored in vitro until they’re ready to be accessed again, or they can be spliced into living cells using CRISPR gene editing technology.

If we could design and synthesize artificial mRNA and deliver them into cells, it’s possible in theory to hijack our cells’ own protein-building system to make any protein we want—even those that are foreign, such as viral proteins.

My talent is being able to synthesize this information to become understandable to myself and then therefore to the layperson.

Wade, as chief chemist, you are to synthesize a little coffee and heat-treat a few eggs for us.

Diverse facts would synthesize, and when the letter came from Havana, perhaps the whole thing would start to form one pattern.

There were ways to synthesize Earth-normal food, but they were still hopelessly inefficient.

All we've been able to find is some strange isotope but we don't know how to reproduce it or synthesize it.

The plants here synthesize cyanophyll instead of chlorophyll; that's why the leaves are blue instead of green.

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