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# sync

verb (sync, syncs, synced, syncing); noun (sync — mostly uncountable)

«sync» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To sync means to make two things happen at exactly the same time, or to make devices share the same, up-to-date information. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#m1)
2. In sync means happening together at the same time or speed; out of sync means not matching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#m2)
3. (informal) If people are in sync, they agree or get on well and think alike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons: syncing photos or files between a phone and a computer; in music, dance and films, keeping sound and movement together; in everyday life, friends «in sync»; phrases: in sync, out of sync, sync up, lip-sync.

### Examples

- My tablet syncs my photos to the cloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x1)
- The dancers moved perfectly in sync. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x2)
- The sound in the video was out of sync with the lips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x3)
- We synced our watches before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x4)
- She and her best friend are always in sync. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x5)
- Kids made a lip-sync video for the talent show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/#x6)

### Note

Short for «synchronise» (UK) / «synchronize» (US). Past: synced (sometimes «synched»). Sounds like «sink» — homophone trap.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sync» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sync/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sync» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sync.html) on Mova free.