synthesise

US/ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/

verbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,211 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: synthesised, synthesising, synthesises

To synthesise is to combine separate ideas into one new whole. Synthesise the findings, synthesise a compound, synthesise the evidence.

In academic writing it is the hard part: summarising is listing what others said and synthesising is making something new out of it. In chemistry it means building a compound rather than extracting it. Americans spell it with a z.

Definitions of synthesise

1verbsynthesiseTo combine separate ideas into one new whole.C1
“Her essay synthesises ideas from psychology and economics into a new theory of saving.”

synthesise is a combining.

Also accepted in games: synthesize

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-
English
synthesize
English, today
synthesise

synthesize comes from synthesis + ize. First attested in 1830.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Academic English

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synthesise in the wild

Class II PI 3-kinases also appear to synthesise PtdIns3P, their activity however appears to be regulated by a range of stimuli, including growth factors.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate
Van Tamelen was also the first to synthesise Dewar benzene.
Eugene van Tamelen
In molecular biology, the condensation domain is a protein domain found in many multi-domain enzymes which synthesise peptide antibiotics.
Condensation domain
Astatine-labelled iodine reagents have been used to synthesise RAt, RAtCl2, R2AtCl, and RAtO2 (R = phenyl or p-tolyl).
Organoastatine chemistry

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