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in tandem

in tandem prepositional phrase: one behind the other.

Prepositional phrase

  1. One behind the other.
    • The seats were in tandem.
  2. Together; collaboratively.
    • He runs the shop in tandem with his brother.
    • In countries such as the US, bird-feeding, birdwatching, and other types of ornithophilic behaviour form the basis of huge conservation efforts, in tandem with science.2010, Mark Bonta, “Ethno-ornithology and Biological Conservation”, in Sonia Tidemann, Andrew Gosler, editors, Ethno-ornithology: Birds, Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Society, London: Earthscan...

Questions about in tandem

What does in tandem mean?
In tandem means one behind the other.
What part of speech is in tandem?
In tandem is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in tandem in the dictionary

  1. in summary
  2. in sunder
  3. in suspense
  4. in sync
  5. in tact
  6. in tandem
  7. in tatters
  8. in tears
  9. in terms of
  10. in terrorem
  11. in terrorem clause

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