verb phrase · informal
sync your contacts
UK/sɪŋk jɔː kɒnˈtækts/US/sɪŋk jʊr ˈkɑn.tækts/SYNC your KON·tacts
to make sure your contact list is updated and identical across devices or accounts
Examples
“I sync my contacts with the cloud so I don't lose phone numbers.”
“After switching phones, he synced his contacts and messages.”
“Make sure to sync your contacts before resetting the device.”
Band 8 sentence
“I always sync my contacts across devices so that any change on one device appears everywhere.”
Collocations
- sync your contacts
Word family
Common mistakes
synchronize phonebook→sync your contacts
sync with contacts→sync your contacts
Say it for a higher band
5synchronize phonebook→6sync with contacts→7+sync your contacts
Synonyms
synchronise contacts
Easily confused
back up contacts
“Before resetting my phone I backed up my contacts to Google Drive.”
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