Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tether
nountethering (countable and uncountable, plural tetherings)
plural tetherings
- countableuncountableThe act or means by which something is tethered.
Early childhood takes the fact for what it is best worth, and sets about finding not alone its qualities and attributes, but its affiliations, its tetherings, its implications, its adaptability to other purposes than those it serves to common sense.
1914, Bulletin, numbers 1-10, page 135 - InternetcountableuncountableThe connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 共享网络
- 共享网络connection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Czech tethering
- tetheringconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Finnish mobiiliyhteyden jakaminen, puhelimen käyttö modeemina
- mobiiliyhteyden jakaminenconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
- puhelimen käyttö modeeminaconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Indonesian penambatan
- penambatanconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Japanese テザリング
- テザリング (tezaringu)connection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Portuguese tethering, partilha de ligação
- tetheringconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
- partilha de ligaçãoconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
- partilha de conexãoconnection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
Russian тетеринг
- тетеринг (tetering)connection of a computer to a mobile phone to obtain internet access
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Cite this entry
APA
tethering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethering
MLA
“tethering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tethering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethering.
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