connective tissue
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- noun
- /kəˈnɛktɪv ˈtɪʃu/
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elemento unificador
- Collagen and elastin are essential components of connective tissue that help maintain skin elasticity.
- provides the connective tissue
- connective tissue that binds
It builds the connective tissue of healthy societies.
- It builds the connective tissue of healthy societies.
- And that is the connective tissue that connects Trump and Musk.
- And that's the real heart and connective tissue that makes it all come together.
- So the the blog was both jet fuel and bridge and connective tissue and still continues to be.
- And by beginning, I mean childhood because I'd, I'd like to provide some connective tissue that then leads into later questions.
- Or, or we might see a further erosion in governments and nations as a connective tissue becomes less well connected.
- Jiu Jitsu for me was the connective tissue that started to join my mind together with all the different aspects of my life.
- Yeah, literally, because those those are the those are connective tissue of my life.
- So you have to have that stability slash connective tissue strength.
- And that's connective tissue that, you know, I think we can all, you know, relate to deeply.
Examples
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These popular discourses help us trace out the connective tissue that binds together those who seek some form of salvation.
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The doctor explained that connective tissue supports and connects various organs in the body.
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Those are just a couple of, I suppose, a bit of connective tissue for people who may not have more context.
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And that is the connective tissue that connects Trump and Musk.
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It sounds to me like they are the connective tissue of the learning process.
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It builds the connective tissue of healthy societies.
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Jiu Jitsu for me was the connective tissue that started to join my mind together with all the different aspects of my life.
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We know that experts build this "connective tissue" of understanding as part of their expertise, and we need to help students do this in order to move from novice levels to more expert ones.
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The program clearly serves as an important part of the connective tissue that binds our community together, and it is imperative that Cal football be recognized as a leader in competitive success, academic achievement, and community engagement.
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They are not in positions of authority over other teachers, and yet they provide connective tissue across the school and often influence instructional strategies, the implementation of inquiry-based teaching, a focus on independent reading, the use of technology and resources, and the integration of skills instruction across the curriculum.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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A mass of fibers that supports and connects body parts in animals or plants
A thing used to join two parts, often in machines or pipes
How Unifying
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'connective' (linking, joining) + 'tissue' (a group of cells or material) yields 'tissue that links or supports,' which matches both the literal biological sense and the figurative sense. This construction follows ordinary adjective+noun composition and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Connective tissue In everyday speech, connective tissue borrows the body's image of 'glue' to describe what holds different parts together. Think of the body's fibers joining pieces; so shared routines, values or technology act like that 'glue' to 'link' and 'support' teams, groups or systems.