to tie in
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /taɪ ɪn/
- Not only does a theme tie in with the food, but also with the table.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this does kind of tie in with the philosophy.
- And this does kind of tie in with the philosophy.
- They they they were pretty tied in with the whole religious system.
- This is also tied in with the Oz again idea.
- And so it's a casual throw in that just ties in with the question, right?
- Side note ties in with all this discussion about success.
- And then that ties in with the southern centralized currency.
- So I'm liking how it's kind of tying in more of their childhood in this one.
Examples
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No, the bank's alarm, fire department... and public safety are all tied in to the same system.
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The data from the study ties in with our earlier findings about climate change.
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How does this tie in with the people that are missing?
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Do you think that might tie in?
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And this does kind of tie in with the philosophy.
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Because it's all closely tied in with his family.
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Maybe this all ties in somehow.
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And we feel that it ties in very nicely to both the filling and the style of the old building.
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And it's not only a purely digital thing; it ties in with the retailer's experience.
Blog text (21) -
So Canada's future is to a considerable extent tied in with the United States' economic success.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
2.7
To be about something or connected to it
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3.0
To show a connection between ideas or events
293
2.2
To be connected or important to something
223
2.3
Show how two ideas or events are related
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5.8
To show that two things change together
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4.7
Join things so they can work together
10
4.2
To include or connect something to a document, often by adding a web address
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4.5
Connect things so they depend on each other
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5.7
To show how ideas or things are connected
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3.5
To connect facts or ideas to show a relationship
To join parts together by weaving or tangling
Antonyms
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to be connected or related' follows directly from combining 'tie' (to connect or bind) with 'in' (indicating inclusion or relation within), so the overall meaning is compositionally predictable. This verb+preposition pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Tie in comes from a simple image: you tie something in to another thing to join them, like looping a string into a ring to hold two parts together. So when ideas or facts 'tie in', they are 'connected' or 'related'.