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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahy in]
- /taɪ ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tahy in]
- /taɪ ɪn/
Definitions of tie in words
- adjective tie in pertaining to or designating a sale in which the buyer in order to get the item desired must also purchase one or more other, usually undesired, items. 1
- adjective tie in of or relating to two or more products advertised, marketed, or sold together. 1
- noun tie in that with which anything is tied. 1
- noun tie in a cord, string, or the like, used for tying, fastening, binding, or wrapping something. 1
- noun tie in a necktie. 1
- noun tie in a low shoe fastened with a lace. 1
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Origin of tie in
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; adj., noun use of verb phrase tie in
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Parts of speech for Tie in
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tie in popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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tie in usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tie in
verb tie in
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- buddy up — comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
noun tie in
- connective — A connective is the same as a conjunction.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- irons — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- linking — Connecting or joining something to something else.
- links — link
Antonyms for tie in
verb tie in
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.