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- [tahy in]
- /taɪ ɪn/
- /taɪ ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahy in]
- /taɪ ɪn/
Definitions of tie-in word
- 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 an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together: a book and movie tie-in. 1
- noun tie-in a tie-in sale or advertisement. 1
- noun tie-in an item in a tie-in sale or advertisement. 1
- noun tie-in any direct or indirect link, relationship, or connection: There is a tie-in between smoking and cancer. 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.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for tie-in
noun tie-in
- affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
- agglutination — the act or process of agglutinating
- association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- bond — A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.