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tie-in

/ˈtaɪˌɪn/

tie-in noun: something that is related or connected to another thing.

Noun

tie-in (plural tie-ins)

  1. Something that is related or connected to another thing.
  2. An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion.
    • So while it might be pretty neat to see yourself as one of The Young Ones, as Dirty Den, Cobra, Rambo, Scooby or any of a hundred others, it's not really enough to cover up for the real problem with tie-in games.1986 December, Max Phillips, “Backlash”, in Your Sinclair
    • Brand new for this season! I got the unrecognizable summer movie tie-in sammich!2008 June 30, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “The Baloneyman”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Bubs (Matthew Chapman)
  3. An association or connection between things.
    • There was really important and unavoidable tie-ins between the two movements. Sexism is the thing that prevents women from achieving equal status in the world and indeed it's sexism that creates most of the homophobia — the fear of people not playing their proper sex roles.1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7

tie-in meaning in Malayalam

tie-in in Malayalam

association, connection, link
ലയനം, സംയോജനം, പങ്കാളിത്തം, ചേർച്ച, ചേർമ്മ, ബന്ധം

Forms of tie-in

pluraltie-ins
alternative formtie in

Origin of tie-in

Deverbal from tie in.

Questions about tie-in

What does tie-in mean?
Tie-in means something that is related or connected to another thing.
What is tie-in in Malayalam?
Tie-in in Malayalam is ലയനം, സംയോജനം, പങ്കാളിത്തം. See Tie-in meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is tie-in?
Tie-in is a noun.
How do you pronounce tie-in?
Tie-in is pronounced /ˈtaɪˌɪn/.
What is the plural of tie-in?
The plural of tie-in is tie-ins.

Words near tie-in in the dictionary

  1. tie-dye
  2. tie-dyed
  3. tie-dyeing
  4. tie-dyes
  5. tie-dying
  6. tie-in
  7. tie-ins
  8. tie-out
  9. tie-outs
  10. tie-up
  11. tie-ups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tie-in (page history and authors); tie-in (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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