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TYD/taɪd/

The tide is the regular rise and fall of the sea, or a powerful trend: high tide; turn the tide. Tied is past of tie (already elsewhere); tight is close-fitting. Time the tide for the fieldwork, not a metaphor only. Mix-up: tied / tight / tidy. Do not write tide for a single wave.

Meaning

The regular rise and fall of the sea; also a powerful trend (turn the tide).

Examples

• “Time high tide for the rocky-shore transect, the geography brief said.”
• “A tide of applications crashed the portal, which is the surge-metaphor — still quote the n.”

Good to know

high / low / incoming tide; turn the tide; a tide of + noun. Trap: tied / tight. Geography, news, and history. Sea level cycle, or a powerful surge — specify.

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