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tandem
[ tan-duhm ]
adverb
- one following or behind the other:
to drive horses tandem.
adjective
- having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
noun
- a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- a team of horses harnessed one behind the other.
- a two-wheeled carriage with a high driver's seat, drawn by two or more horses so harnessed.
- any of various mechanisms having a tandem arrangement.
tandem
/ ˈæԻə /
noun
- 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 tandemtogether or in conjunction
adjective
- used as, used in, or routed through an intermediate automatic telephone exchange
a tandem exchange
adverb
- one behind the other
to ride tandem
Word History and Origins
Origin of tandem1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tandem1
Idioms and Phrases
- in tandem,
- in single file:
They swam in tandem.
- in association or partnership.
Example Sentences
After the show’s initial run during the 70th, it will play in tandem with “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.”
When looking for a new house in L.A., she notes, “The carport had tandem parking spaces. That’s good, I thought. My hospice nurse can park on the left.”
Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday that Congress would “weigh in on it, but with the president, with the administration in tandem.”
Much of the game involves strategizing in tandem.
Raines hopes that the group she assembled can work to rebuild in tandem, where architects and contractors can collaborate across organizations and where residents can volunteer their time for labor.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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