harmonize

[har·mo·nize]

When you harmonize different opinions or ideas, you bring them to some kind of agreement. It's challenging to harmonize the different interests of a whole classroom full of children, but that's part of what a good teacher does.

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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

Verb
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

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bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one''s goals with one''s abilities"

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bring into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"

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sing or play in harmony

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write a harmony for

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go together; "The colors don''t harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"


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.


Harmonize

Har"mo*nize , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harmonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Harmonizing .] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ] 1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize. 2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations. 3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.

Harmonize

Har"mo*nize, v. t. 1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of. 2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.

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Usage Examples

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

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Other Usage Examples

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.

We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence.

In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system.

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