adjective · neutral
synchronous
/ˈsɪŋkrənəs/SYN·chro·nous
happening at the same time; in education, live or real‑time teaching where participants interact simultaneously
Examples
“Synchronous classes require students to log in at set times for live lessons.”
“We had a synchronous seminar via video conference yesterday.”
“Synchronous activities can boost interaction but may be hard to schedule across time zones.”
Band 8 sentence
“During lockdown, universities switched to a mix of synchronous seminars and asynchronous resources to keep students engaged.”
Collocations
- synchronous learning
- synchronous session
- synchronous class
Word family
Common mistakes
We attended synchronously the lecture.→We attended the synchronous lecture / We attended the lecture synchronously.
synchronous material→synchronous material (correct) or synchronous session
Say it for a higher band
5live→6real-time→7+synchronous
Synonyms
real-time
Easily confused
asynchronous
“Students could watch the lecture asynchronously at any time during the week.”
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