Tandem Definition

tăndəm
noun
A two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed tandem.
Webster's New World
A team, as of horses, harnessed tandem.
Webster's New World
A bicycle with two seats and sets of pedals placed tandem.
Webster's New World
A relationship between two persons or things involving cooperative action, mutual dependence, etc.
To work in tandem.
Webster's New World
An arrangement of two or more persons or objects placed one behind or adjacent to the other.
Driving horses in tandem.
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adjective
Having two identical components arranged one behind or adjacent to the other.
A tandem axle; a tandem gene.
American Heritage
Having two parts or things placed tandem.
Webster's New World

Together; working as one.

Their skillful tandem work made the project successful and quick.
Wiktionary
adverb
One behind another; in single file.
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Other Word Forms of Tandem

Noun

Singular:
tandem
Plural:
tandems

Origin of Tandem

  • From Latin tandem (“at length, at last (of time)"), from tam (“so") + suffix -dem. Sense of bicycles with two seats from 1884.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin at last, at length to- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tandem Sentence Examples

  • They moved in tandem without looking at each other, their movements controlled and efficient.

  • Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a "spin" on my tandem bicycle.

  • The peptide ligand binds at the highly conserved cleft formed at the interface between the two tandem BRCT subdomains.

  • Tony let me steer the parachute during my second tandem to give me a taste of the real thing.

  • Gift Vouchers Gift vouchers are available for beginners ' static line courses and tandem jumps.

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Words Starting With

TTATAN

Words Ending With

MEMDEM

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Words Starting With T and Ending With M

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With M