Harmonized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Made different elements consistent or compatible with each other ; combined musical notes or parts to produce a pleasing effect
2. Brought various components into agreement or alignment ; arranged multiple melodies to complement each other musically
3. Adjusted parts to work together smoothly and without conflict ; created a musical composition by combining separate voice lines or tones

Etymology: "Harmonized" is the past tense and past participle of "harmonize," which means to bring things into agreement or make them fit together smoothly. The verb came into English from French "harmoniser," and its ultimate root is the Greek "harmonia," meaning a fitting together or joining, which in Greek was used of the way parts of a ship or a building were joined. Greek musicians later applied the word to the agreement of notes sounded together, so the sense of harmony as pleasing musical combination grew out of a concrete idea of fitting pieces together. The English verb is built on the noun "harmony," with the suffix "-ize," which turns a noun into a verb meaning to make or cause something to become that thing. So "harmonize" literally means to make into harmony. The past tense "harmonized" simply takes the regular ending "-d," since the verb is regular.

Synonyms: synchronized, coordinated, balanced, aligned, concordant

Antonyms: discordant, dissonant, uncoordinated, conflicted, disjointed