Definition of Synthesize

1. Verb. Combine so as to form a more complex, product. "The liver synthesizes vitamins"

Exact synonyms: Synthesise
Generic synonyms: Combine, Compound
Derivative terms: Synthesis, Synthesis, Synthesis, Synthesiser, Synthesiser, Synthesizer, Synthesizer
Antonyms: Analyze

2. Verb. Combine and form a synthesis. "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"
Generic synonyms: Change

Definition of Synthesize

1. v. t. To combine by synthesis; to unite.

Definition of Synthesize

1. Verb. (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive chemistry of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synthesize

1. [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synthesize

synthermal
syntheses
synthesis
synthesis gas
synthesise
synthesised
synthesiser
synthesisers
synthesises
synthesising
synthesism
synthesisms
synthesist
synthesists
synthesizable
synthesize (current term)
synthesized
synthesizer
synthesizers
synthesizes
synthesizing
synthespian
synthespians
synthetase
synthetases
synthetic
synthetic-biology
synthetic air
synthetic biology
synthetic cubism

Literary usage of Synthesize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... a sufficient amount of this substance to promote growth in the young at the maximum rate. 357. Mammary Gland Has No Power to synthesize a Vitamin. ..."

2. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Mammary Gland Has No Power to synthesize a Vitamin.—When McCollum and Davis first observed the necessity in the diet for growth of something which could be ..."

3. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"I Secondary Techniques To synthesize Results Despite its drawbacks, ... Despite science's reliance on reviews to synthesize pre-existing results, ..."

4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"All four subsets synthesize and secrete large amounts of AChE into the culture medium. ... Cell lines derived from human neuroblastomas also synthesize ..."

5. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1917)
"The bacterium can synthesize them all from ammonia and sugar. Loeb has recently presented evidence that even lower animals, such as the banana ñy ..."

6. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... a sufficient amount of this substance to promote growth in the young at the maximum rate. 357. Mammary Gland Has No Power to synthesize a Vitamin. ..."

7. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Mammary Gland Has No Power to synthesize a Vitamin.—When McCollum and Davis first observed the necessity in the diet for growth of something which could be ..."

8. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"I Secondary Techniques To synthesize Results Despite its drawbacks, ... Despite science's reliance on reviews to synthesize pre-existing results, ..."

9. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"All four subsets synthesize and secrete large amounts of AChE into the culture medium. ... Cell lines derived from human neuroblastomas also synthesize ..."

10. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1917)
"The bacterium can synthesize them all from ammonia and sugar. Loeb has recently presented evidence that even lower animals, such as the banana ñy ..."

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