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# synthesis

«synthesis» in Mova's school dictionary: **a mix or combination of different ideas, parts or things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a synthesis, syntheses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A synthesis is a mix or combination of different ideas, parts or things into one new whole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#m1)

2) (science) Synthesis is making a substance by joining simpler substances, in nature or in a lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#m2)

3) (science) Photosynthesis is how plants make their own food from light, water and carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#m3)

4) (music, computers) Sound synthesis is making sounds electronically, and speech synthesis is a computer speaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, plants carry out photosynthesis, and chemists synthesise medicines. In English and history, a synthesis brings together ideas from several sources into your own summary. In music, a synthesiser makes sounds. "Syn-" means together and "thesis" means putting.

### examples

- Photosynthesis is how plants make food from sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x1)
- The report was a synthesis of ideas from many books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x2)
- Scientists made the medicine by chemical synthesis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x3)
- Our project was a synthesis of art and science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x4)
- Speech synthesis lets the computer read stories aloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x5)
- The synthesis of proteins happens inside our cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x6)
- Your essay should be a synthesis, not a copy of one source. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/#x7)

### note

Plural: syntheses ("SIN-thuh-seez"). Verb: synthesise (UK) / synthesize (US). Opposite: analysis (breaking something into parts). A "synthetic" material is man-made, like nylon.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «synthesis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/synthesis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.