Meaning

2 senses
  1. A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind.

    Rückenwind

    попу́тный ве́терpopútnyj véter

    wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft

  2. (broadly, figuratively)A force that accelerates progress.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. One of his election promises was more tailwind on bicycle paths.

    Однією з його електоральних обіцянок було збільшення попутного вітру на велосипедних доріжках.

    deEines seiner Wahlversprechen war ein günstigerer Wind auf Radwegen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship:

Origin

From tail + wind.

From tail + wind.

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Forms

plural: tailwinds
Singulartailwind
Pluraltailwinds

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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