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synthesise

synthesise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synthesize.

Meaning of synthesize

Verb

synthesize (third-person singular simple present synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)

  1. (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
    • synthesize data
  2. (intransitive) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
  3. (transitive) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
    • The lab was able to synthesize a new compound.
  4. (intransitive) To be produced by chemical synthesis.

Forms of synthesise

third-person singular presentsynthesises
present participlesynthesising
past participlesynthesised
pastsynthesised

Words formed from synthesise

Questions about synthesise

What is synthesise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Synthesise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synthesize.

Words near synthesise in the dictionary

  1. synthesis gases
  2. synthesis phase
  3. synthesis phases
  4. synthesisable
  5. synthesisation
  6. synthesise
  7. synthesised
  8. synthesiser
  9. synthesisers
  10. synthesises
  11. synthesising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synthesise (page history and authors); synthesize (page history and authors). 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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