Harmonize
['hɑːmənaɪz] or ['hɑrmənaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing.
(verb.) bring into consonance or accord; 'harmonize one's goals with one's abilities'.
(verb.) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; 'harmonize the different interests'.
(verb.) sing or play in harmony.
(verb.) write a harmony for.
(verb.) go together; 'The colors don't harmonize'; 'Their ideas concorded'.
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
(v. i.) To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
(v. i.) To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.
(v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
(v. t.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.
Inputed by Gustav
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Make harmonious.[2]. (Music.) Set accompanying parts to.
v. n. Accord, agree, correspond, chime, comport, tally, square, quadrate, cohere, be in unison, be harmonious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACCORD]
Edited by Gail
Examples
- Miss Keeldar and her uncle had characters that would not harmonize, that never had harmonized. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This change of the general intellectual mood harmonized with Aristotle's natural respect for existing fact. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps his voice harmonized with some dream into which she was passing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was nothing markedly abnormal in any of these conditions, which harmonized with my former experiences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ginevra's dress of deep crimson relieved well her light curls, and harmonized with her rose-like bloom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His guests' enthusiasm harmonized with his own. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Miss Keeldar and her uncle had characters that would not harmonize, that never had harmonized. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mamma says sometimes, too, that I have a harmonizing property of tongue and eye; but you never saw that in me--did you, Lucy? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He has assumed the burden of harmonizing particular agitations with the general welfare. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Nancy