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tandem

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"Two-seated bicycle"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtændəm/Part of speech adverb, nounSorted ademntStarts with TEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one behind the other

Word origin

The noun is borrowed from Latin tandem (“of time: at last, at length, finally”), applied humorously in English to two horses harnessed “at length” (that is, in a single line) instead of side-by-side. Tandem is derived from tam (“so, to such an extent”) + -dem (demonstrative suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • “[H]e was a man whose head was at this time entirely full of gigs, and tandems, and unicorns: business was his aversion; pleasure was his business.”
  • “If you want a canoe that can seat both of you comfortably, you’ll need a tandem.”
  • “If an interstitial implant is placed in a patient with an intact uterus, a tandem should be inserted and loaded with cesium 137 or iridium 192.”

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