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intertwinein‧ter‧twine /ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn $ -tər-/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  VERB TABLEintertwine |
Present | I, you, we, they | intertwine | | he, she, it | intertwines | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | intertwined | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have intertwined | | he, she, it | has intertwined | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had intertwined | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will intertwine | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have intertwined |
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Present | I | am intertwining | | he, she, it | is intertwining | | you, we, they | are intertwining | Past | I, he, she, it | was intertwining | | you, we, they | were intertwining | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been intertwining | | he, she, it | has been intertwining | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been intertwining | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be intertwining | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been intertwining |
► be closely/inextricably intertwined The problems of crime and unemployment are closely intertwined. ADVERB► closely· The enterprise-based bargaining structure is closely intertwined with the structure of workers' trade unions. ► inextricably· The paradox is that this skilfulness is inextricably intertwined with incompetence.· Often these concerns were inextricably intertwined, in job meetings, phone calls, and after-hours bar conversations.· Orthodoxy and national identity were inextricably intertwined, and religious leaders became the spokesmen of national revolt.· In the eyes of geophysicists, hydrothermal circulation is inextricably intertwined with the pulsing bank of heat inside the planet.· It was inextricably intertwined with wider social and political forces and changes.· But this is of little comfort, since the two are commonly inextricably intertwined. 1if two situations, ideas etc are intertwined, they are closely related to each otherbe closely/inextricably intertwined The problems of crime and unemployment are closely intertwined.2if two things intertwine, or if they are intertwined, they are twisted togetherintertwine with a necklace of rubies intertwined with pearls |