synthesis
Syllables: syn·the·sis/ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
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synthesis noun: the formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
Noun
synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- In its synthesis of different art forms and various techniques, Tongues Untied actually represented a departure for Riggs, whose previous work […] had been in a relatively traditional documentary format.1990 December 16, Phil Harper, “Affirmed”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 9
- Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
- The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.
- The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
- The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- The reunion of parts that have been divided.
- An Ancient Roman dining-garment.
- The Saturnalia was apparently the only occasion, however, when the synthesis could be worn in public with decorum.1918, American Philological Association, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, page 132
synthesis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
synthesis in Hindi
- संश्लेषण
synthesis in Tamil
- கலவை, குழைமம், கூட்டிணைப்பு, கூட்டு, தொகுப்பு, கருத்துத்தொகுப்பு
synthesis in Marathi
- संश्लेषण
synthesis in Urdu
- سنتھسس, سنتھسیس
More languagesFewer languages
- synthesis in Bengali
- সংশ্লেষণ, সংশ্লেষ, সমন্বয়
- synthesis in Telugu
- సంశ్లేషణ, సింథసిస్, సింథెసిస్
- synthesis in Malayalam
- സംശ്ലേഷണം, സംശ്ലേഷം, യോഗം, സംയോഗം
- synthesis in Kannada
- ಒಂದುಗೆ, ಕೂಡುಗೆ, ಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ, ಸಂಯೋಗ
- synthesis in Punjabi
- ਸੰਸ਼ਲੇਸ਼ਣ, ਸੰਸਲੇਸ਼ਣ, ਸਿੰਥੇਸਿਸ
- synthesis in Gujarati
- સંશ્લેષણ
- synthesis in Odia
- ସଂଶ୍ଲେଷଣ, ସଂଶ୍ଲେଷନ
- synthesis in Nepali
- संश्लेषण, सिन्थेसिस
- synthesis in Tagalog
- ganggang
- synthesis in Arabic
- تَرْكِيب tarkīb, اِصْطِنَاع iṣṭināʕ, اِصْطِنَاع كِيمِيَائِيّ iṣṭināʕ kīmiyāʔiyy
- synthesis in Malay
- sintesis
- synthesis in Indonesian
- sintesis
- synthesis in Persian
- ترکیب tarkib, سنتز santez
- synthesis in Vietnamese
- tổng hợp
Examples of synthesis in a sentence
- Rather, they are losing the higher-order abilities of comprehension and synthesis.
- However, the iminium ion-based mechanism is less requently reported for organocatalytically triazole synthesis.
- The Tewahedo tradition brings all this worldwide heritage together in a synthesis that makes it purely Ethiopian.
Antonyms of synthesis
Forms of synthesis
| plural | syntheses |
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Origin of synthesis
From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”). Doublet of sandhi.
Words formed from synthesis
- amorphosynthesis
- Arndt-Eistert synthesis
- asymmetric synthesis
- autosynthesis
- Auwers synthesis
- baryosynthesis
- biosynthesis
- chemosynthesis
- cosynthesis
- dehydration synthesis
- ecosynthesis
- electrosynthesis
- Fischer indole synthesis
- Friedländer synthesis
- Gabriel synthesis
- glycosynthesis
- hemisynthesis
- heterosynthesis
- high-level synthesis
- hyposynthesis
- liposynthesis
- mechanosynthesis
- medieval synthesis
- metasynthesis
- modern synthesis
- mutasynthesis
- narcosynthesis
- neosynthesis
- nucleosynthesis
- oligosynthesis
- one-pot synthesis
- osteosynthesis
- oversynthesis
- Paal-Knorr synthesis
- parasynthesis
- photobiosynthesis
- photoelectrosynthesis
- photosynthesis
- phytosynthesis
- polysynthesis
- prebiotic organic synthesis
- proteosynthesis
- psychosynthesis
- pyrosynthesis
- radiosynthesis
- resynthesis
- retrobiosynthesis
- retrosynthesis
- semisynthesis
- Skraup synthesis
- stereospecific synthesis
- synchresis
- synthesis gas
- synthesis gases
- synthesism
- synthesis phase
- synthetase
- synthome
- synthon
- thermosynthesis
Phrases with synthesis
Questions about synthesis
- What does synthesis mean?
- Synthesis means the formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- What is synthesis in Hindi?
- Synthesis in Hindi is संश्लेषण. See Synthesis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is synthesis?
- Synthesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce synthesis?
- Synthesis is pronounced /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of synthesis?
- The plural of synthesis is syntheses.
Words near synthesis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: synthesis (page history and authors); synthesis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synthesis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synthesis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); synthesis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synthesis (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthesis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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