TIE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tie in mean? 

• TIE IN (verb)
  The verb TIE IN has 2 senses:

1. be in connection with something relevant

2. make a logical or causal connection

  Familiarity information: TIE IN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be in connection with something relevant

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

This ties in closely with his earlier remarks

Hypernyms (to "tie in" is one way to...):

interrelate; relate (be in a relationship with)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a logical or causal connection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in

Context example:

I cannot relate these events at all

Hypernyms (to "tie in" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tie in"):

remember (exercise, or have the power of, memory)

interrelate (place into a mutual relationship)

correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)

identify (conceive of as united or associated)

free-associate (associate freely)

have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something