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noun (English)
1. (countable) A 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.Examples: "[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."; "A friend of mine accompanies me in my carriage to Edinburgh. There we shall leave it, and proceed in a tandem (a species of open carriage) through the western passes to Inverary, where we shall purchase shelties, to enable us to view places inaccessible to vehicular conveyances."; "Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner."alsoattributivecountable
2. (by extension, countable)Examples: "Later in the day the Row is empty, but, on the other hand, the pleasure horse monopolises the circle, now comparatively deserted. Singly, in pairs, tandems, and fours, he draws the family carriage with a lozenge on the panels, the brougham of the fashionable doctor, the coupé of the popular actress, the man about town's smart dog-cart."alsoattributivebroadlycountableuncountable
3. (by extension, countable)Examples: "If you want a canoe that can seat both of you comfortably, you’ll need a tandem."alsoattributivebroadlycountableuncountable
4. (by extension, countable)abbreviationalsoalt-ofattributivebroadlycountableellipsisspecificallyuncountable
5. (by extension, countable)Examples: "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."alsoattributivebroadlycountableuncountable
6. (figurative)Examples: "Stubb's whale had been killed some distance from the ship. It was a calm; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod."alsoattributivecountablefiguratively
adv (English)
1. (figurative) In close collaboration; collaboratively, cooperatively.alsoattributivefigurativelynot-comparable
adj (English)
1. (figurative) Working together collaboratively; collaborative, cooperative.Examples: "Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful."alsoattributivefigurativelynot-comparable
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) Synonym 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’)”)Examples: "[O]ur dog-cart having come to hand, from the hilliness of the road, we tandemed the ten miles due west, along the southern shore of Clew Bay."; "And sometimes these nymphs [on frescoes] are tandeming the daintiest little gryphons so pleasantly that one longs (in the dream) to be with them, not fearing a reverse."; "Hendee is located at the New Marlboro', and is tandeming with his lady friends through the Newtons daily."Synonyms: tandemizealsoambitransitiveattributive
Definition source: Wiktionary