Meaning

1 senses

  1. To design or adapt so as to suit (someone).

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Gear the engine to the front wheels.

    ruПереведи тягу на передние колёса. — Hellerick

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  2. We had to gear our lives to the new circumstances.

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  3. These are small gears that have to work well.

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  4. Ziri unloaded his gear and went to his room.

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  5. Most public places are simply not geared to people with disabilities.

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Forms

gears to, gearing to, geared to, geared to
Base formgear to · to gear to
3rd person singulargears to
Present participlegearing to
Past simplegeared to
Past participlegeared to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygear to
he, she, itgears to

Past simpleLesson

all personsgeared to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave geared to
he, she, ithas geared to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gear to

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gazellegearB2gearboxgeckoged
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