harmonization








verb (used with object), har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing.

  1. to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one’s views with the new situation.
  2. Music. to accompany with appropriate harmony.

verb (used without object), har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing.

  1. to be in agreement in action, sense, or feeling: Though of different political parties, all the delegates harmonized on civil rights.
  2. to sing in harmony.

noun

  1. the act of harmonizing
  2. a system, particularly used in the EU, whereby the blue-collar workers and the white-collar workers in an organization have similar status and any former differences in terms and conditions of employment are levelled up

verb

  1. to make or become harmonious
  2. (tr) music to provide a harmony for (a melody, tune, etc)
  3. (intr) to sing in harmony, as with other singers
  4. to collate parallel narratives
n.

1772, from harmonize + -ation.

v.

late 15c., “play or sing in harmony,” from French harmoniser (15c.), from Old French harmonie (see harmony). Meaning “be in harmony” is from 1620s; that of “bring into agreement” is from 1727. Related: Harmonized; harmonizing.

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