MEANING
An interaction whose combined effect is greater than the sum of the separate effects.
Use it for
describing benefits created by combining complementary activities; distinguishing cooperation from a greater-than-additive effect; evaluating a claim that a merger creates extra value; explaining why combined action achieves more than separate actionNames a combined effect greater than the separate effects added together, not merely cooperation or joint activity. Writing functions: Causation / Relationships, Evaluation, Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- create synergy
- synergy between two approaches
- potential synergies
On the page
The partnership produced synergy only if its gains exceeded what the two groups could have achieved separately.
The review distinguishes genuine synergy from the simple addition of two existing services.
Word forms
- Base
- synergy
Usage notes
Usually an uncountable noun; countable synergy and plural synergies occur for distinct beneficial interactions. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common in academic and business writing (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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