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Tandem

Noun

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1.NounA carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounTwo draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other. A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
"If you want a canoe that can seat both of you comfortably, you’ll need a tandem."
3.NounTwo draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
4.NounA thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
"If you want a canoe that can seat both of you comfortably, you’ll need a tandem."
5.NounEllipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
6.NounA hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
7.NounA group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence , close collaboration. A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
8.NounA group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence , close collaboration.
9.NounA method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
10.AdverbOne behind the other; in single file.
"The horses were harnessed tandem.; to ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"
11.AdverbIn close collaboration; collaboratively, cooperatively.
12.AdjectiveWith two components arranged one behind the other.
"tandem canoe    tandem engine"
13.AdjectiveWorking together collaboratively; collaborative, cooperative.
"Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful."
14.VerbSynonym of tandemize (“(transitive) to harness or drive (two draught animals, generally draught horses) one behind the other; to set up (two or more things, such as pieces or equipment) to work in tandem or together; (intransitive) to drive a tandem (‘carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other’)”)
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