harmonizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually harmonise uk/ˈhɑː.mə.naɪz/us/ˈhɑːr.mə.naɪz/harmonize verb [ I or T ] (MUSIC)
to add harmonies to a tune
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Writing, reading & studying music
- compose
- composition
- follow
- music
- music-making
- musical
- musicology
- orchestrate
- pentatonic scale
- recompose
- setting
- sheet music
- sight-read
- sol-fa
- songwriter
- tone-deaf
- transpose
harmonize verb [ I or T ] (MATCH)
to be suitable together, or to make different people, plans, situations, etc. suitable for each other:
The garden has been designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.
The plan is to harmonize (= make similar) safety standards across all the countries involved.
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Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- jarring
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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harmonization
noun [ U ] UK usually harmonisation uk/ˌhɑː.mə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌhɑːr.mə.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/