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Meaning of "tweedledee" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TWEEDLEDEE

tweedledee  [ˌtwiːdəlˈdiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWEEDLEDEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tweedledee is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tweedledee in English.

WHAT DOES TWEEDLEDEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tweedledee

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19800. The names have since become synonymous in western popular culture slang for any two people who look and act in identical ways, generally in a derogatory context.

Definition of tweedledee in the English dictionary

The definition of tweedledee in the dictionary is to play an instrument or sing in a high-pitch.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TWEEDLEDEE

PRESENT

Present
I tweedledee
you tweedledee
he/she/it tweedledees
we tweedledee
you tweedledee
they tweedledee
Present continuous
I am tweedledeeing
you are tweedledeeing
he/she/it is tweedledeeing
we are tweedledeeing
you are tweedledeeing
they are tweedledeeing
Present perfect
I have tweedledeed
you have tweedledeed
he/she/it has tweedledeed
we have tweedledeed
you have tweedledeed
they have tweedledeed
Present perfect continuous
I have been tweedledeeing
you have been tweedledeeing
he/she/it has been tweedledeeing
we have been tweedledeeing
you have been tweedledeeing
they have been tweedledeeing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I tweedledeed
you tweedledeed
he/she/it tweedledeed
we tweedledeed
you tweedledeed
they tweedledeed
Past continuous
I was tweedledeeing
you were tweedledeeing
he/she/it was tweedledeeing
we were tweedledeeing
you were tweedledeeing
they were tweedledeeing
Past perfect
I had tweedledeed
you had tweedledeed
he/she/it had tweedledeed
we had tweedledeed
you had tweedledeed
they had tweedledeed
Past perfect continuous
I had been tweedledeeing
you had been tweedledeeing
he/she/it had been tweedledeeing
we had been tweedledeeing
you had been tweedledeeing
they had been tweedledeeing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will tweedledee
you will tweedledee
he/she/it will tweedledee
we will tweedledee
you will tweedledee
they will tweedledee
Future continuous
I will be tweedledeeing
you will be tweedledeeing
he/she/it will be tweedledeeing
we will be tweedledeeing
you will be tweedledeeing
they will be tweedledeeing
Future perfect
I will have tweedledeed
you will have tweedledeed
he/she/it will have tweedledeed
we will have tweedledeed
you will have tweedledeed
they will have tweedledeed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been tweedledeeing
you will have been tweedledeeing
he/she/it will have been tweedledeeing
we will have been tweedledeeing
you will have been tweedledeeing
they will have been tweedledeeing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would tweedledee
you would tweedledee
he/she/it would tweedledee
we would tweedledee
you would tweedledee
they would tweedledee
Conditional continuous
I would be tweedledeeing
you would be tweedledeeing
he/she/it would be tweedledeeing
we would be tweedledeeing
you would be tweedledeeing
they would be tweedledeeing
Conditional perfect
I would have tweedledee
you would have tweedledee
he/she/it would have tweedledee
we would have tweedledee
you would have tweedledee
they would have tweedledee
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been tweedledeeing
you would have been tweedledeeing
he/she/it would have been tweedledeeing
we would have been tweedledeeing
you would have been tweedledeeing
they would have been tweedledeeing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you tweedledee
we let´s tweedledee
you tweedledee
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to tweedledee
Past participle
tweedledeed
Present Participle
tweedledeeing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWEEDLEDEE


ABD
ˌeɪbiːˈdiː
attendee
əˌtɛnˈdiː
awardee
əˌwɔːˈdiː
BDD
ˌbiːdiːˈdiː
Chaldee
kælˈdiː
CRD
ˌsiːɑːˈdiː
DTD
ˌdiːtiːˈdiː
Dundee
dʌnˈdiː
FDD
ˌɛfdiːˈdiː
GED
ˌdʒiːiːˈdiː
pardee
pɑːˈdiː
perdy
ˌpɜːˈdiː
R&D
ˌɑːrənˈdiː
Saadi
sɑːˈdiː
Sadi
sɑːˈdiː
Sekondi
ˌsɛkənˈdiː
standee
stænˈdiː
ULSD
ˌjuːɛlɛsˈdiː
vendee
vɛnˈdiː
VFD
ˌviːɛfˈdiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWEEDLEDEE

twee
tweed
Tweeddale
tweedier
tweediest
tweediness
tweedle
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
tweedler
tweeds
Tweedsmuir
tweedy
tweely
tweenager
tweener
tweeness
tweenie
tweeny
tweeple
tweet

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWEEDLEDEE

bendee
bulwaddee
charidee
chickadee
chordee
City of Dundee
dee
dispondee
excludee
fiddle-de-dee
fiddledeedee
guardee
secondee
spondee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
undee
voidee
Zebedee

Synonyms and antonyms of tweedledee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tweedledee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWEEDLEDEE

Find out the translation of tweedledee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tweedledee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tweedledee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tweedledee
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tweedledee
570 millions of speakers

English

tweedledee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tweedledee
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

tweedledee
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tweedledee
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tweedledee
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পার্থক্যযুক্ত বস্তু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tweedledee
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tweedledee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tweedledee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

部分文字列
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tweedledee
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tweedledee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tweedledee
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tweedledee
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्वीडलेडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki şey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tuidledì
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tweedledee
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tweedledee
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tweedledee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tweedledee
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gangers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tweedledee
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tweedledee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tweedledee

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWEEDLEDEE»

The term «tweedledee» is regularly used and occupies the 72.351 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWEEDLEDEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tweedledee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tweedledee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWEEDLEDEE»

Discover the use of tweedledee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tweedledee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Price Theory and Applications
Example-Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee have identical skills and have therefore always had identical incomes. In years when their skills are in demand, their incomes are both high, and at other times their ...
Steven Landsburg, 2010
2
Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8
Of cabbages, and kings,\n"; $tweedledee = $tweedledee."And why the sea is boiling hot,\n"; $tweedledee = $tweedledee."And whether pigs have wings.'"; echo $tweedledee; Typing out the same variable twice for every assignment statement ...
David Powers, 2005
3
The Rebellion Record
But the Fourth of July is over, Tweedledum, tweedledum, tweedledee ; But the Fourth of July is over, And Davis does not return. Lady Davis calls her Congress, Tweedledum, tweedledum, tweedledee ; Lady Davis calls her Congress, And ...
Frank Moore, Edward Everett, 1861
4
The Lighter Side of Gravity
THE EXPERIMENT OF TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE In fact, the tidal force is a mechanism whereby energy can be transferred from one astronomical object to another. An interesting thought experiment illustrating this process was  ...
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, 1996
5
Follow That Rabbit "The Wonderland Story"
(Just as ALICE is about to EXIT, two fat little men, TWEEDLEDEE and TWEEDLEDUM, slide in, RIGHT. She is startled.) Oh! (TWEEDLEDEE and TWEEDLEDUM are identically dressed like young schoolboys. THEY have their arms around ...
Tim Kelly, 1989
6
Characters Colors N Cash: A Novel
Tweedle tweedle, tweedle tweedle, tweedle tweedledee, tweedle tweedledee. Tom tom tom tom tom tom tom tom, tweedle tweedledee, tweedle tweedledee. My mountaineer, who was now me too, fetched after these beats with a fervency furor  ...
Thinkpen Write, 2004
7
Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
Under the tree stand TWEEDLEDUM and TWEEDLEDEE. One has 'DUM' on his costume, the other has 'DEE'. TWEEDLEDUM: If you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay. Waxworks weren't made to be looked at for nothing. Nohow!
Adrian Mitchell, Lewis Carroll, 2001
8
Getting It Right: R&D Methods for Science and Engineering
Tweedledee was very worried. The Queen of Hearts had just commanded him to count the number of rabbits in her North Pasture, but he was having great difficulty. For one thing, he couldn't quite remember whether 7 came after 8, or the  ...
Peter Bock, 2001
9
Living the Lectionary, Year C: Links to Life and Literature
to be met by Tweedledee's "Contrariwise!" But for all their seeming opposition they only amounted to opposite ends of the same contrary spectrum like the Tweedledums and Tweedledees you see on Crossfire and other such shows. Now it so ...
Geoff Wood, 2003
10
Lewis Carroll
"Tweedledum and Tweedledee" is an old expression meaning (more or less) " two things that are so close to being the same that there is no point in trying to tell them apart" Alice says this poem in her mind when she meets two characters ...
Lewis Carroll, Edward Mendelson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWEEDLEDEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tweedledee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pornosophy: Tweededum and Tweedledee
The good thing about the politicization of sex is the Supreme Court decision about gay marriage. The bad thing is the politicization of sex, the ideologizing of the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
VIDEO: Jim Bentley as Tweedledee at Morecambe Carnival
Football boss Jim Bentley and his assistant Ken McKenna got right into the spirit of the day as Tweedledum and Tweedledee just 24 hours after their final game ... «The Visitor, May 15»
3
Batman: Arkham Knight #11 Review: Tweedledee and Tweedledum
And who better to steal the parts than the villainous dynamic duo known as Tweedledee and Tweedledum? Okay, just about everybody is better. However, it's ... «Tech Times, May 15»
4
Twins to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in school musical
Twins Paige Nash (back) and Aimee Nash, 16, are ready to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the Fraser Coast Anglican College's production of Alice in ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Mar 15»
5
Rugby player Ryan Wilson fined for assaulting Gavin Quinn and Ally …
Ryan Wilson, 25, pulled Gavin Quinn from a seat in a BBQ takeaway then punched Glasgow Hawk Ally Maclay, who was dressed as Tweedledee. A "minion", a ... «stv.tv, Jan 15»
6
Court hears how rugby player dressed as Tweedledee was KO'd in …
The alleged victim, who was dressed up as one half of the duo Tweedledee and Tweedledum, said he saw his friend Gavin Quinn inside and went to speak to ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»
7
Tweedledee: Just leave it Batman!
A RUGBY ace told how he was battered unconscious while posing as Tweedledee after telling another player in fancy dress: “Leave it Batman”. Glasgow ... «The Scottish Sun, Jan 15»
8
In Tweedledum Vs Tweedledee, Jaitley gave the game away to …
But the "Clash of the Titans" turned out to be a pillow-fight on a mattress between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. If Chidambaram had been the current finance ... «Firstpost, Nov 14»
9
An American Halloween: still scary, after all these years
... found in New. Phyllis Galembo/Courtesy. The Tweedledee and Tweedledum costumes were manufactured in France in the 1960s and found in New Jersey. «Daily Californian, Oct 14»
10
Barinder Rasode versus Linda Hepner is a case of Tweedledee
Barinder Rasode versus Linda Hepner is a case of Tweedledee versus ... might see the coming mayoral election as Tweedledee versus Tweedledum. «Straight.com, Jun 14»

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