harmonize - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- harmonise (non-Oxford British English)
From French harmoniser. By surface analysis, harmony + -ize.
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹmənaɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənaɪz
harmonize (third-person singular simple present harmonizes, present participle harmonizing, simple past and past participle harmonized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 220:
This explanation of the clan totem harmonizes with the supposed effect of killing one of the totem species.
- (intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
- (transitive, music) To provide parts to.
- (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle.
- (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.
to be in harmonious agreement
- Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
- French: s’accorder (fr)
- Galician: harmonizar
- German: harmonieren (de)
- Korean: 조화시키다 (johwasikida), 화합시키다 (hwahapsikida)
- Ngazidja Comorian: ulingana
- Polish: basować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: (please verify) harmonizar (pt)
- Russian: гармонировать (ru) (garmonirovatʹ)
- Spanish: (please verify) harmonizar (es)
to provide the harmony for a melody
harmonize
- inflection of harmonizar: