Definitions

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  • verb British Alternative spelling of harmonize.

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  • verb write a harmony for
  • verb bring into consonance or accord
  • verb sing or play in harmony
  • verb go together
  • verb bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously
  • verb bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

Etymologies

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harmony +‎ -ise

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Examples

  • As a measure, CPI was introduced to 'harmonise' inflation reporting between nations, and it is our equivalent of the EU HICP measure.

    It's A Tax, Dammit! Patrick Vessey 2008

  • As a measure, CPI was introduced to 'harmonise' inflation reporting between nations, and it is our equivalent of the EU HICP measure.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Deft 2008

  • Watch out for the rush to "harmonise" with Ireland on data retention.

    B2fxxx 2005

  • European regulators of the single market should strive not to "harmonise" taxes and social policy across the continent, but to foster growth on the principle of comparative advantage among differentiated economies.

    Reinventing the wheelbarrow Richard 2005

  • Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa recently said government was mulling to "harmonise" presidential and parliamentary elections to be held concurrently.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Watch out, in the next few years, for entertainment industry lobbyists calling for the US and EU to "harmonise" their terms with Mexico's.

    Archive 2004-10-31 2004

  • Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed memoranda of understanding to "harmonise" transport and mining development between the two countries.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • Watch out, in the next few years, for entertainment industry lobbyists calling for the US and EU to "harmonise" their terms with Mexico's.

    B2fxxx 2004

  • The veteran opposition leader, left out of Kabila's government, had told students that he was in contact with Kabila to "harmonise" their views on the country's political institutions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • But in their case, and in the case of so many other powerful modern writers, the emotions required are simple and direct, such as harmonise well with the work of men's hands and the old eternal struggle with the elements.

    Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917

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