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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word tailwinds:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tailwinds: Merriam-Webster
  2. tailwinds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tailwinds: Vocabulary.com
  4. Tailwinds, tailwinds: Wordnik
  5. tailwinds: Wiktionary
  6. tailwinds: Dictionary.com
  7. tailwinds: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tailwinds: Encyclopedia

(Note: See tailwind as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tailwind)

noun:  (nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.
noun:  (figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
verb:  Of a wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.
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