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" Being smarter gives you a tailwind throughout life. People who are more intelligent earn more, live longer, get divorced less, are less likely to get addicted to alcohol and tobacco, and their children live longer."
Steven Pinker

Meaning of "tailwind" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TAILWIND

ˈteɪlˌwɪnd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAILWIND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tailwind is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAILWIND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tailwind

A tailwind is a wind that blows in the direction of travel of an object, while a headwind blows against the direction of travel. A tailwind increases the object's speed and reduces the time required to reach its destination, while a headwind has the opposite effect. Tailwinds and headwinds are commonly measured in relation to the speed of vehicles — commonly air and watercraft — as well as in running events — particularly sprints. In aeronautics, a headwind is favorable in takeoffs and landings because an airfoil moving into a headwind is capable of generating greater lift than the same airfoil moving through tranquil air or a tailwind at equal ground speed. As a result, aviators and air traffic controllers commonly choose to take off or land in the direction of a runway that will provide a headwind. In sailing, a headwind may make forward movement difficult, and necessitate tacking into the wind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAILWIND

behind · combined · contained · crosswind · determined · downwind · find · forewind · headwind · Ind · kind · land-wind · mind · sequinned · Sind · undefined · upwind · whirlwind · wind · woodwind

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAILWIND

tailor-make · tailor´s · tailor´s chalk · tailor´s dummy · tailor´s-tack · tailorbird · tailored · tailoress · tailoring · tailpiece · tailpipe · tailplane · tailrace · tails · tailskid · tailslide · tailspin · tailstock · tailwater

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAILWIND

break wind · close to the wind · gale-force wind · have in the wind · in the teeth of the wind · in the wind · into the wind · inwind · off the wind · on the wind · raise the wind · rewind · sail close to the wind · second wind · solar wind · straw in the wind · the eye of the wind · three sheets in the wind · trade wind · unwind

Synonyms and antonyms of tailwind in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tailwind» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAILWIND

Find out the translation of tailwind to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tailwind from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tailwind» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

顺风
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

viento de cola
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tailwind
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

tailwind
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الريح الخلفية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

попутный ветер
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vento de cauda
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

tailwind
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vent arrière
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tailwind
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Rückenwind
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

追い風
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

순풍
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tailwind
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tailwind
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

tailwind
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टेलवंड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tailwind
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tailwind
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Tailwind
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

попутний вітер
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tailwind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tailwind
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wind van agter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medvind
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medvind
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tailwind

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QUOTES WITH «TAILWIND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tailwind.
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Steven Pinker
Being smarter gives you a tailwind throughout life. People who are more intelligent earn more, live longer, get divorced less, are less likely to get addicted to alcohol and tobacco, and their children live longer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAILWIND»

Discover the use of tailwind in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tailwind and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CNN's Tailwind Tale: Inside Vietnam's Last Great Myth
In this book the author explores where reporting went amiss and what we need to understand to ensure history doesn't repeat itself.
Jerry Lembcke, 2003
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Tailwind: Days of Cottonmouths and Cotton Candy
As these stories tell: It's all about lessons learned by doing and the influence of wisdom where it is least expected. It's all about listening and seeing - with the senses honed to a razor's edge. It's all about harnessing the tailwind.
Lad Moore, 2005
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South Caicos Tailwind: A Fascinating Tale of Smuggling in ...
A Fascinating Tale of Smuggling in the Sunshine State William P. Case. Just what they needed about now, Lurch thought. “Lemme take a look, Bean.” Lurch watched the tachometer for the right engine closely. It was fluctuating a little bit, and ...
William P. Case, 2002
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Tailwind Both Ways: A Cowman's Chronicle
From the hills of Coahuila, Mexico, to the plains of west Texas, this is the story of one family's struggle to survive and prosper in the face of the declining U.S. cattle industry.
Laurence M. Lasater, 2008
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Tailwind
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Zheng Cirino, 2012
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Those Ugly Americans: 20th & 21st Centuries
Under pressure, CNN issued a statement (July 1, 1998) retracting the Tailwind coverage: CNN NewsStand's recent coverage of Operation Tailwind, a covert action conducted by U.S. servicemen in Laos more than 28 years ago reported that a ...
Rodney Stich, 2006
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Soldiering: Observations from Korea, Vietnam, and Safe Places
Ripples: Tailwind. Journalist April Oliver called me about a story she was working on as a producer for CNN and writer for Time. During a telephone conversation that lasted over an hour she alleged that she had information indicating that ...
Henry G. Gole, 2005
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A Time for Peace:The Legacy of the Vietnam War
CNN claimed that that the U.S. military and intelligence services had violated numerous international treaties by using sarin nerve gas, one of the world's deadliest poisons, during Operation Tailwind. The report claimed that the object of the ...
Robert D. Schulzinger, 2006
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The Migration Ecology of Birds
In fact, the best strategy for a bird attempting to achieve maximum range would be to fly slower with a tailwind and faster against a headwind (Figure 3.4). Such adjustments have been shown to occur. For example, the ground speed of night ...
Ian Newton, 2010
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The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of ...
With a tailwind, it's just the opposite. This is a forgiving wind, one that will take your shots out longer and straighten them out a bit as well. Off the tee, you might tee the ball a little higher and give it a healthy hit. If you have trouble getting your  ...
Raymond Floyd, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAILWIND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tailwind is used in the context of the following news items.
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Losing a tailwind
BCA Research estimates that the number of shares in issue on American stockmarkets has fallen by 6% since 2009. This tailwind for share prices, however, may ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
2
Lieberman Research Worldwide Partners With Tailwind Capital for …
Our partnership with Tailwind will enable us to innovate even more rapidly than we have the past few years and to meet the changing needs of CMOs and their ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
Short squeeze may be a tailwind for euro
Unless it shows a significant fall in net shorts, then traders may assume there remains a tailwind behind the euro's resurgence. That said, such is the velocity of ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
4
UNM Opens Outdoors with Strong Showing at Don Kirby Tailwind
The University of New Mexico track and field team opened its 2015 outdoor campaign with a superb team performance at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational at ... «New Mexico Official Athletic Site, Apr 15»
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Lobo Track Opening Outdoor Season at Don Kirby Tailwind Invite
With the dust now settled from a superlative indoor season, the Lobos now turning their attention to an outdoor season filled with expectations. The University of ... «New Mexico Official Athletic Site, Apr 15»
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Teenage sprint star Jack Hale wins national under-18 100m, but …
The 16-year-old crossed the line at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Sydney with a time of 10.38 seconds, but a tailwind prevented a race record ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»
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Lance Armstrong, Tailwind Sports ordered to pay $10 million to SCA …
For Lance Armstrong, it's now all about the payoffs. A three-person arbitration panel Monday ordered the disgraced cyclist, along with Tailwind Sports Inc., the ... «New York Daily News, Feb 15»
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Only a tailwind
ONLOOKERS could be excused for thinking that Christmas had come again to the euro zone this month. On January 22nd the European Central Bank (ECB) ... «The Economist, Jan 15»
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Why commodity exporters may get a tailwind
Conventional wisdom suggests commodity exporters will take price declines on the chin, but Morgan Stanley expects they'll benefit most. It's all about curing the ... «CNBC, Jan 15»
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Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC Advises Diamondback Drugs of …
Founded in 2003, Tailwind Capital is a leading private equity firm focused on making control-oriented investments in the lower end of the middle market and ... «PR Newswire, Dec 14»
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