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How to pronounce “tailwind”
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Pronunciation guide for tailwind
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tailwind with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
And you talk about this in terms of headwinds and tailwinds.
- Definition summary
- (nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind.
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How to pronounce tailwind
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
And you talk about this in terms of headwinds and tailwinds.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tailwind”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind.
- (figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
- [Verb]
- Of a wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.
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