Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: harmonize
IPA transcription: [h'ɑɹmən,aɪz]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, chord
    Meaning: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
    Meaning: bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise
    Meaning: bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise
    Meaning: sing or play in harmony
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise
    Meaning: write a harmony for
  • Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit_in, agree
    Meaning: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
Usage examples
  • It can harmonize, assimilate, and protect the several parts and members, and extend the benefit of its foresight and precautions to each.
  • Thirdly, as regards contingent (meritorious) duties to oneself: It is not enough that the action does not violate humanity in our own person as an end in itself, it must also harmonize with it.
  • A complete characterization of all maxims by means of that formula, namely, that all maxims ought by their own legislation to harmonize with a possible kingdom of ends as with a kingdom of nature.
  • Now humanity might indeed subsist, although no one should contribute anything to the happiness of others, provided he did not intentionally withdraw anything from it; but after all this would only harmonize negatively not positively with humanity as an end in itself, if every one does not also endeavour, as far as in him lies, to forward the ends of others.