DESYNCHRONIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desynchronize mean? 

• DESYNCHRONIZE (verb)
  The verb DESYNCHRONIZE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESYNCHRONIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they desynchronize    ... he / she / it desynchronizes   
Past simple: desynchronized   
Past participle: desynchronized   
-ing form: desynchronizing   

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 "desynchronize" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

synchronize (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)

Derivation:

desynchronization; desynchronizing (the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times)

 Context examples 

Without accounting for the timing of food intake, research that examines the effects of calorie reduction on lifespan may be skewed by hidden factors such as lack of sleep and desynchronized circadian rhythms.

(Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)