harmonizing
調和する
解説 Definition
harmonizing は harmonize（調和する、調和させる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。音楽で音を合わせることにも、考え方や制度などをうまく整えることにも使われます。
Harmonizing is the present participle or gerund of harmonize. It refers to producing compatible musical notes or to bringing different ideas, rules, systems, or elements into agreement so that they work together without serious conflict.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 harmonize「調和する・させる」の無音の e を落として -ing を付けた形で、harmonizing /ˈhɑːrmənaɪzɪŋ/ となる。音楽なら声や旋律を合わせること、制度や意見なら食い違いを減らして整えること。harmonizing voices、harmonizing rules の二場面を対にして覚える。
Begin with harmonize, meaning “to make or become harmonious.” Before adding -ing, drop the final silent e: harmonize becomes harmonizing, pronounced /ˈhɑːrmənaɪzɪŋ/ in common American usage. Keep two scenes in mind. In music, singers are harmonizing when they produce different notes that fit together. In meetings or administration, people may be harmonizing opinions, standards, or rules by reducing conflicts and making them compatible. The core image is not simply making everything identical; it is arranging different parts so that they work well together.
例文
The choir spent the afternoon harmonizing the final chorus.
合唱団は午後をかけて最後のコーラスを調和させました。
She is good at harmonizing different opinions in a meeting.
彼女は会議で異なる意見をまとめるのが得意です。
The two agencies are harmonizing their rules to reduce confusion.
その二つの機関は混乱を減らすために規則を調整しています。
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harmonizing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
harmonizingはharmonize＋-ing。ギリシャ語harmonia「結びつき・調和」がラテン語・フランス語を経て英語に入り、語根には「ぴたりとはめる」感覚があります。harmony, harmoniousが同根で、「音や物事が合う」ことから「調和する」になりました。
Harmonizing is formed from harmonize by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Harmonize is based on harmony and the verb-forming suffix -ize. Harmony came through Latin and French from Greek harmonia, referring to a joining, agreement, or fitting together, and is related to a verb meaning “to fit or join.” Its musical sense concerns notes that sound together, while its broader sense extends the same idea to compatible rules, views, colors, or systems.
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