tide

CEFRB1

/taɪd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The regular rise and fall of the sea.

  2. 02

    noun

    A strong flow or wave of events or feeling.

Examples

  • Our boat drifted to shore on the tide.

  • People don't like to swim against the tide.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [tʰaːd]
  • [tʰɑe̯d]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.

  2. The associated flow of water.

  3. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

More examples

In context

  • The ebb and flow of the tide

  • A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide.

  • As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Dutch tijd (“time”), German Zeit (“time”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tid (“time”), Faroese and Icelandic tíð (“time”).