Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To twine (things) together.

    verflechten

    переплета́тьperepletátʹ, переплести́pereplestí, сплета́тьspletátʹ

    spin, wind, or twist together

  2. (transitive)To connect (things) closely.

  3. (intransitive)To become twined together.

    sich verflechten

    переплета́тьсяperepletátʹsja, переплести́сьpereplestísʹ, сплета́тьсяspletátʹsja

  4. (figuratively, intransitive)To become mutually involved.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Our lives are intertwined.

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  2. Our fates are intertwined.

    ruНаши судьбы переплетены друг с другом.

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  3. Here, reality and fiction are intertwined.

    ruЗдесь реальность переплетается с вымыслом.

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  4. My life is intertwined with yours forever.

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  5. We live in harmony, like two trees whose roots intertwine.

    ruМы живём в гармонии, как два дерева, корни которых растут переплетаясь.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to twine (things) together:
to become twined together:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to twine (things) together:
to become twined together:

Forms

intertwines, intertwining, intertwined, intertwined
Base formintertwine · to intertwine
3rd person singularintertwines
Present participleintertwining
Past simpleintertwined
Past participleintertwined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyintertwine
he, she, itintertwines

Past simpleLesson

all personsintertwined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave intertwined
he, she, ithas intertwined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill intertwine

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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