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# tandem

«tandem» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tandem, tandems); adverb (in tandem)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#m1)

2) in tandem: together, at the same time, or working as a team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a tandem bike is ridden by two people. In school and science, things that happen "in tandem" happen together. Phrases: in tandem with, tandem bike, tandem jump (skydiving with an instructor).

### examples

- Mum and Dad rode a tandem along the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x1)
- The two teachers work in tandem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x2)
- A tandem has two seats and two sets of pedals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x3)
- The lights and music changed in tandem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x4)
- She did a tandem skydive with an instructor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x5)
- Prices rose in tandem with demand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/#x6)

### note

Countable: a tandem, tandems. In maths, a tandem has 2 riders and 2 wheels, but only 1 bike: count carefully.

### In the corpora

- [If some riders are on full tandems and the rest ride a bicycle each, first find how many ride alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/220-riders-on-tandems-and-bicycles/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tandem» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tandem/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.