harmonise

[US]/'hɑ:mənaiz/
[UK]/ˈhɑrməˌnaɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.& vi. to make things work together in a peaceful and efficient way, to make things fit well together
n.a state of peaceful and efficient working together, a state of things fitting well together;a person who makes things work together in a peaceful and efficient way.
Word Forms
Past Participleharmonised
Past Tenseharmonised
Present Participleharmonising
Third Person Singularharmonises

Phrases & Collocations

harmonise relationships

harmonise colors

harmonise music

harmonise flavors

Example Sentences

The colours do not seem to harmonise (with each other) at all.

The singing teacher taught them to harmonise the new song.

Mr Rake predicted that some countries would harmonise their oversight of the accounting profession in the next decade.

to harmonise with nature

their voices harmonise beautifully

to harmonise colors in a painting

the music needs to harmonise with the lyrics

to harmonise different opinions

the flavors in the dish harmonise perfectly

to harmonise work and personal life

the new policy aims to harmonise regulations

to harmonise with the team's goals

the colors of the room harmonise well

Real-world Examples

It does not harmonise with the sound of any instrument.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

But it harmonises perfectly with the view that there is no essential distinction between species and varieties.

Source: On the Origin of Species

She sate by the window on the little settle, sadly gazing out upon the gathering shades of night, which harmonised well with her pensive thought.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

Let us not be misled by the fallacy that a deep and workable single market requires everything to be harmonised, to hanker after some unattainable and infinitely level playing field.

Source: Complete English Speech Collection

The softness and mildness of spring harmonise with Venice, just as the glaring sun of summer suits the magnificence of Genoa, and as the gold and purple of autumn suits the grand antiquity of Rome.

Source: The Night Before (Part 2)

It is such considerations that necessitate the harmonising mediation of reason, which tests our beliefs by their mutual compatibility, and examines, in doubtful cases, the possible sources of error on the one side and on the other.

Source: Our knowledge of the outside world.

His shape, now divested of cloak, I perceived harmonised in squareness with his physiognomy: I suppose it was a good figure in the athletic sense of the term—broad chested and thin flanked, though neither tall nor graceful.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

The different areas of the city and the buildings themselves were all designed at the same time so that they would harmonise with each other. Every part of the city shows the ideas of the planner and architect.

Source: English audio magazine

If it doesn't get serious and work with other economies to harmonise carbon pricing and carbon-trading systems, then most of the world's efforts will probably be undermined by the fact that countries like China are producing heavily carbon-intensive goods.

Source: The Economist (Video Edition)

As technology progresses, regulation and operational use needs to then be harmonised with it. And we are, as a community, going through that whole process of saying what is proportionate and appropriate regulation to go with different uses of drones.

Source: 6 Minute English

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