synergy

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14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪnəd͡ʒi/(UK)
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/ˈsɪnəd͡ʒi/(UK) · /ˈsɪnəɹd͡ʒi/(US)

Definition of synergy

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A synonym of binding energy.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A synonym of binding energy.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.
    “the digestive synergy”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.
  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.
    “Others argued that the notion of a targeted war on a particular disease inevitably distracted from natural synergies with other areas of research.”
    “Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn Sheffield-Leeds-Teesside-Tyneside), helping it to be capable of competing internationally through the synergy of skills and skilled people.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, syn- + -ergy.

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