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to create synergy

to create synergy

4.7
Help people or groups work together to achieve more than they do alone
  • phrasal verb
  • /kriˈeɪt ˈsɪnərdʒi/
  • Jargon
translation icon : crear sinergia
  • By working closely together, the team can create synergy that maximizes their individual talents.

And what he does is he rolls up people and businesses and then he creates synergy between him by like how large teams are doing it.

Examples

  • In addition, interactions and successful partnering among these various organizations can create synergies that increase the productivity of companies, drive the direction and pace of innovation, and stimulate new business startups.

    Academic text (2011)

  • How will you create synergy through book-technology connections? 10: Focus on Digital Citizenship

    Academic text (2011)

  • These relationships create synergies between organizations, resulting in business success and economic growth.

    Academic text (2011)

  • And what he does is he rolls up people and businesses and then he creates synergy between him by like how large teams are doing it.

    Tom Ferry

  • We suggest that the three components of the model create synergy for a more complete measure of accountability (see Figure 1).

    Academic text (2016)

  • Held one day prior to the conference opening, the meeting emphasized the overarching need to create synergy with the leading think tanks in Africa.

    Blog text (19)

  • Indeed, these two groups are being combined in order to create synergy, which suggests that cost-cutting is on the way, rather than wholesale divestitures.

    Blog text (30)

  • CRML is an organization that promotes PPPs (public-private partnerships) to create synergy and improve the competitiveness of Costa Rica.

    Academic text (2011)

  • To improve productivity, businesses must create synergy through effective collaboration among their departments.

  • When artists collaborate, they often create synergy that enhances their creative output beyond what they could achieve alone.

Synonyms

to work together
vsto create synergy
728 2.7

To do something with other people to reach the same goal

emphasizes a stronger combined outcome rather than mere joint action
to cooperate
vsto create synergy
543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

highlights achieving an added combined effect beyond simple help
to collaborate
vsto create synergy
96 4.6

To work with other people to reach a shared goal

focuses more on producing a greater combined result through teamwork
to team up
vsto create synergy
95 2.5

Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal

stresses creating an effect greater than simple joint action
to join forces
vsto create synergy
57 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

puts stronger stress on an outcome larger than individual parts
to pull together
vsto create synergy
50 3.4

Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal

adds emphasis on producing a greater-than-sum result from that organization
to join hands
vsto create synergy
24 2.7

To work together with others for the same goal

focuses more on creating a greater combined outcome than symbolic unity
to coordinate effort
vsto create synergy
12 4.1

Organize and guide people so they work well together

puts more weight on the resulting greater combined effect than process
to synergize
vsto create synergy
2 6.7

To work together with others to get better results than alone

is the same idea phrased as producing a greater combined result

Antonyms

to fragment
39 3.7

To break into small pieces or make something break apart

to disintegrate
35 5.8

Fall apart into smaller pieces or stop working together

How Synergistic

to create synergy
  • Jargon
4.7
to fuse
44 3.9
to integrate
179 4.1
to coordinate
325 4.1

Surface Forms

create synergy infinitive
created synergy past
created synergy past participle
creating synergy present participle
creates synergy third person singular

Morphology

create + synergy

The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'create' = produce and 'synergy' = a combined effect greater than the sum of parts, so together they mean to produce that combined effect. Although the phrase is business jargon, its sense is compositional and cross-linguistically coherent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.

Etymology

Create synergy puts the words create and synergy into one image: imagine two small lamps that give little light alone but when you put them together they make a much brighter light. So, to create synergy means 'to work together' to make a result much bigger than each part alone.