Question

To synthesize means to A. pull together ideas from your reading assignments, class lectures, and your own experience. B. record lecture notes while checking social media. C. coordinate reading assignments with lecture notes. D. ask an instructor about required reading.

Answer 1

The correct meaning of synthesize is option A) "pull together ideas from your reading assignments, class lectures, and your own experience."

The word synthesize, when referring to writing, means to put separate ideas or facts into a whole. To synthesize is to combine different things into a single piece of work such as a book.

Another accepted meaning of the word is used in the chemistry field and it means "to combine substances chemically to produce another one."