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tent

US /tɛnt/

noun Target · B2 Du lịch & lưu trú

Definition

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

We set up a tent beside the lake and stayed two nights.

Word Family

NounNoun
tent gốc tenting
VerbVerb
tent gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • canopythe transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
  • pavilionlarge and often sumptuous tent

Collocations

  • Easy camp in a tent
    to camp in a tent, meaning to live in or as if in a tent
  • Medium set up an outdoor exhibition tent for the event
    to establish or arrange in a specific position regarding up an outdoor exhibition tent for the event
  • Hard emergency medical field tent deployment in disasters
    describing emergency medical field tent deployment in disasters (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
  • Very Hard broad tent political coalition collapsing from within
    describing broad tent political coalition collapsing from within (slang term for a woman)

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