Meaning of tide in English

tide

noun

/taɪd/ us

/taɪd/

tide noun (SEA)

Add to word list Add to word list

B2 [ C ]

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

high/low tide

The tide is out/in.

More examplesFewer examples

Most people are completely clueless about tide directions and weather conditions.
The tide comes in very quickly here and you can soon find yourself stranded.
Is the tide coming in or going out?
You can only see the beach when the tide is out.
The boat was swept out to sea by the tide.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Floods, tides & currents

See more results »

tide noun (CHANGE)

[ S ] literary

a noticeable change in a situation or increase in a particular type of behaviour:

We must look for ways of stemming (= stopping) the rising tide of protest.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Change and changes

See more results »

Idioms

go/swim against the tide

go/swim with the tide

-tide

suffix

old use

/ -taɪd/ us

/ -taɪd/

a period of time:

Yuletide

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Periods of time - general words

See more results »

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

tide | American Dictionary

tide

noun [ C ]

/tɑɪd/

Add to word list Add to word list

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)

Examples of tide

tide

On the face of it, the zone between the tides seems a poor environment for living things.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

An intending swimmer is prevented from entering the sea, because (it is reasonable to suppose) this person does not realize that the tides are dangerous.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

In the law of the tides, gravity is the important systematic factor, and the small unsystematic factors include variations in weather.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

I am an ethicist, wading into tides that may wash me away.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The moon and sun's gravitational forces mostly drive the longest waves (tides).

From the Cambridge English Corpus

However, the waves of new observation and theory inevitably combine with the tides of fashion to erode the topicality of even the best texts.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Consequently, tides are probably the main cause of long-distance gene flow via seeds.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Patterns from wind, tides, waves, seasonal transformation, melting ice, snow, etc. are common musical resources for my chamber music.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Were it not for the tides, it is hard to see how salt marsh could exist at all.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Near continents, there is more mixing, as currents and tides strike the land.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

However, even within piturniq, there are varying levels of peak tides.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Reports of early electoral tides did not necessarily have to be accurate to have their intended effect.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Not only were there problems of heat radiation, the friction of the tides, and other forms of the slow degradation of the earth's motion.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The work, tided 'operabouffe', is in a class by itself.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Table 6 summarizes the effects of partisan tides in the races between 1972 and 1994.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

See all examples of tide

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with tide

tide

These are words often used in combination with tide.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

astronomical tide

In itself, this does not pose a flood risk since coastal defences are designed to provide a margin over highest astronomical tide levels.

From the

Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

ebbing tide

I come to the third feature of the ebbing tide, and that was the blind movement towards complete disarmament.

From the

Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

falling tide

Surely the potential of the rising and falling tide to provide energy must be enormous.

From the

Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

See all collocations with tide

What is the pronunciation of tide, -tide?

Translations of tide

in Chinese (Traditional)

海洋, 潮汐, 潮水…

Meaning of tide in English

tide noun (SEA)

tide noun (CHANGE)

Idioms

tide | American Dictionary

Examples of tide

Collocations with tide

tide

Translations of tide

Browse

Learn more with +Plus

Learn more with +Plus