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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tan•dem /ˈtændəm/USA pronunciation adv. - one following or behind the other:to drive horses tandem.
adj. - Transporthaving seats, parts, etc., arranged one behind another:a tandem bicycle.
n. [countable] - Transporta vehicle, as a truck, in which axles are arranged in tandem.
Idioms- Idioms in tandem:
- in single file;
one behind the other. - together;
in association or partnership:The two worked in tandem to increase their sales.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tan•dem (tan′dəm),USA pronunciation adv. - one following or behind the other:to drive horses tandem.
- in tandem:
- in single file:They swam in tandem.
- in association or partnership.
adj. - Transporthaving animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
n. - Transporta vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- See tandem bicycle.
- TransportSee tandem trailer (def. 1).
- a team of horses harnessed one behind the other.
- Transporta two-wheeled carriage with a high driver's seat, drawn by two or more horses so harnessed.
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various mechanisms having a tandem arrangement.
- special use (origin, originally facetious) of Latin tandem at length, finally, equivalent. to tam so far + -dem demonstrative suffix 1735–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tandem /ˈtændəm/ n - a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two saddles, arranged one behind the other for two riders
- a two-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses harnessed one behind the other
- a team of two horses so harnessed
- any arrangement of two things in which one is placed behind the other
- in tandem ⇒ together or in conjunction
adj - Brit used as, used in, or routed through an intermediate automatic telephone exchange
adv - one behind the other
Etymology: 18th Century: whimsical use of Latin tandem at length, to indicate a vehicle of elongated appearance |