synthesize

English

Alternative forms

• synthesise (UK)

Etymology

From synthesis +‎ -ize. First attested in 1830.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/

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Verb

synthesize (third-person singular simple present synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)

1. (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
2. (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
3. (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
4. (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.

Derived terms

• electrosynthesize
• missynthesize
• neosynthesize
• osteosynthesize
• oversynthesize
• photosynthesize
• radiosynthesize
• resynthesize
• semisynthesize
• synthesist
• synthesizability
• synthesizable
• synthesization
• synthesizer
• synthetist

Translations

To combine things to produce a new, more complex product

Bulgarian: синтезирам (bg) (sinteziram) Catalan: sintetitzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 結合 / 结合 (zh) (jiéhé), 合成 (zh) (héchéng) Danish: syntetisere Dutch: synthetiseren (nl) Galician: sintetizar (gl) Irish: comhtháthaigh, tarraing le chéile Italian: sintetizzare (it) Japanese: 総合する (そうごうする, sōgōsuru) Maori: pāhekoheko Occitan: sintetizar (oc) Portuguese: sintetizar (pt) Romanian: sintetiza (ro) Russian: синтези́ровать (ru) (sintezírovatʹ) Spanish: sintetizar (es) Swedish: syntetisera (sv) Tagalog: ganggangin Ukrainian: синтезува́ти impf or pf (syntezuváty)

To be combined producing a new, more complex product

Danish: syntetisere Swedish: syntetisera (sv) Tagalog: ganggangin

To produce a substance by chemical synthesis

Bulgarian: синтезирам (bg) (sinteziram) Catalan: sintetitzar (ca) Danish: syntetisere Finnish: syntetisoida French: synthétiser (fr) German: synthetisieren (de) Irish: sintéisigh Kazakh: синтездеу (sintezdeu) Korean: 합성하다 (hapseonghada) Russian: синтези́ровать (ru) (sintezírovatʹ) Spanish: sintetizar (es) Swedish: syntetisera (sv) Ukrainian: синтезува́ти impf or pf (syntezuváty)

To be produced a by chemical synthesis

Danish: syntetisere Finnish: syntetisoitua French: synthétiser (fr) German: synthetisieren (de) Korean: 합성되다 (hapseongdoeda) Swedish: syntetisera (sv)