syn
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A Greek prefix meaning together or with that appears in words like synchronize
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sin-
- In a collaborative project, the team members worked in syn to achieve their common goal.
Examples
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And so it sets this SYN bit to tell it to to synchronize.
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Det er et syn, kjære.
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The terms 'synchronize' and 'synergy' both begin with the prefix syn, which means 'together' or 'with'.
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To create harmony in music, different instruments must play in syn with each other.
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Syn (as the prefix syn-) comes from Greek and means 'together' or 'with', and you see it in words like synchronize and synergy. That's why these words talk about things happening at the same time or working together.
