synchronize
to make things happen at the same time
Roots
- chron / chrono: time
- syn- / sym-: together or with
Other words with the chron / chrono root
- anachronism: something placed in the wrong time
- anachronistic: belonging to the wrong time period
- chronic: lasting a long time or recurring
- chronological: arranged by time order
- chronology: the order of events in time
Synchronize joins togetherness with time: separate actions line up on the same clock.
The study group synchronized their review sessions so everyone returned to the same roots together.
Synchronize is a useful clock-word. Syn- gives together and chron gives time; the word makes the time root ordinary before anachronism makes time go wrong.