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tidenoun

uk ​ /taɪd/ us ​ /taɪd/

tide noun (SEA)

B2 [ C ] the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day:

high/low tide
The tide is out/in.

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go/swim against the tide
go/swim with the tide

-tidesuffix

uk ​ / -taɪd/ us ​ / -taɪd/ old use

(Definition of “tide” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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tidenoun [ C ]

us ​ /tɑɪd/

› the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day:

high/low tide

› A tide is also any large change in something, esp. an increase in the amount of something:

The tide of public opinion is turning against the president.

(Definition of “tide” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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