Tie-in
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Something that is related or connected to another thing.
- 2 a fastener that serves to join or connect wordnet
- 3 An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion.
"So while it might be pretty neat to see yourself as one of The Young Ones, as Dirty Den, Cobra, Rambo, Scooby or any of a hundred others, it's not really enough to cover up for the real problem with tie-in games."
- 4 An association or connection between things.
"There was really important and unavoidable tie-ins between the two movements. Sexism is the thing that prevents women from achieving equal status in the world and indeed it's sexism that creates most of the homophobia — the fear of people not playing their proper sex roles."
Example
More examples"So while it might be pretty neat to see yourself as one of The Young Ones, as Dirty Den, Cobra, Rambo, Scooby or any of a hundred others, it's not really enough to cover up for the real problem with tie-in games."
Etymology
From tie + in.
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