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synthesize

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɪnθɪsaɪz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sin′thə sīz′)

Inflections of 'synthesize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
synthesizes
v 3rd person singular (US & UK)
synthesizing
v pres p (US & UK)
synthesized
v past (US & UK)
synthesized
v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
syn•the•size /ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪz/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -sized, -siz•ing. 
  1. to make or form (something) into a synthesis:Doctors and scientists worked to synthesize a drug similar to the one produced naturally by certain South American plants.
  2. to make (sounds) by a special machine or synthesizer.
See syn-, -thes-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
syn•the•size  (sin′thə sīz′),USA pronunciation v., -sized, -siz•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze):to synthesize a statement.
  2. Chemistryto combine (constituent elements) into a single or unified entity.
  3. to treat synthetically.

v.i. 
  1. to make or form a synthesis.
Also, synthetize;
 [esp. Brit.,] syn′the•sise′. 
  • synthes(is) + -ize 1820–30
syn′the•si•za′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
synthesize /ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz/, synthetize, synthesise, synthetise vb
  1. to combine or cause to combine into a whole
  2. (transitive) to produce by synthesis
ˌsynthesiˈzation, ˌsynthetiˈzation, ˌsynthesiˈsation, ˌsynthetiˈsation n
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