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tid·al
 tidal
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- pronunciation:
- taI
d
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, having, or caused by tides.
a tidal basintidal erosion
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| definition 2: |
dependent on or timed according to the tide, as a ship that departs at high tide.
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adverb + (adj.)tidal
apart, outward
(adj.)tidal
+ adverb
rapidly
(adj.)tidal
+ noun
amplitude,
apple,
basin,
bay,
bore,
bulge,
channel,
chart,
closure,
coastline,
competitor,
cove,
creature,
creek,
criticism,
current,
cycle,
debris,
disruption,
dwarf,
energy,
erosion,
estuary,
flat,
flooding,
flow,
fluctuation,
flushing,
force,
friction,
galaxy,
gauge,
heating,
height,
humanity,
immigration,
influence,
inlet,
interaction,
lagoon,
marsh,
marshland,
mood,
movement,
muck,
mud,
mudflat,
ocean,
pattern,
pond,
pool,
pop,
portion,
publicity,
pull,
rafting,
range,
refugee,
rep,
rip,
river,
salt,
shift,
shock,
shoreline,
software,
stream,
stress,
surge,
swamp,
tail,
tornadoes,
trap,
tug,
volume,
water,
waterway,
wave,
wetland,
zone
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| derivation: |
tidally (adv.) |
The word tidal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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