synthetic

made by chemical processes, not found naturally in nature; artificial or man-made

artificial, sintético

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Collocations synthetic material · synthetic fabric

• The company produces synthetic fibers.

  La empresa produce fibras sintéticas.

not real or genuine; artificial, fake

falso, artificial

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Collocations synthetic smile · synthetic happiness

• She gave a synthetic smile.

  Ella dio una sonrisa falsa.

in linguistics, not occurring naturally but created for specific purposes; artificial or constructed

artificial, construido

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Collocations synthetic language · synthetic grammar

• The linguist studies synthetic languages.

  El lingüista estudia lenguajes sintéticos.