tandem

«tandem» in Mova's school dictionary: A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tandem, tandems); adverb (in tandem)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other. tree →

2) in tandem: together, at the same time, or working as a team. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a tandem bike is ridden by two people. In school and science, things that happen "in tandem" happen together. Phrases: in tandem with, tandem bike, tandem jump (skydiving with an instructor).

examples

• Mum and Dad rode a tandem along the beach. tree →
• The two teachers work in tandem. tree →
• A tandem has two seats and two sets of pedals. tree →
• The lights and music changed in tandem. tree →
• She did a tandem skydive with an instructor. tree →
• Prices rose in tandem with demand. tree →

note

Countable: a tandem, tandems. In maths, a tandem has 2 riders and 2 wheels, but only 1 bike: count carefully.

In the corpora

• If some riders are on full tandems and the rest ride a bicycle each, first find how many ride alone.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tandem» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.