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DESYNCHRONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desynchronise mean? 

DESYNCHRONISE (verb)
  The verb DESYNCHRONISE has 1 sense:

1. cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated timesplay

  Familiarity information: DESYNCHRONISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESYNCHRONISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they desynchronise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it desynchronises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: desynchronised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: desynchronised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: desynchronising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

desynchronise; desynchronize

Hypernyms (to "desynchronise" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

synchronise (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)

Derivation:

desynchronisation (the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times)


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