"on the same wavelength" meaning in English

See on the same wavelength in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the same wavelength.ogg
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  1. Thinking in the same way; having similar thought processes (in general). Tags: idiomatic
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  2. In complete agreement; having the same perspective (on a particular issue). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-on_the_same_wavelength-en-prep_phrase-W2MGOd3W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eye to eye, simpatico Translations (in rapport): 看法相同 (kànfǎ xiāngtóng) (Chinese Mandarin), na stejné vlnové délce (Czech), naladěn na stejnou vlnu (Czech), samalla aaltopituudella (Finnish), sur la même longueur d’onde (French), auf der gleichen Wellenlänge liegen (German), στο ίδιο μήκος κύματος (sto ídio míkos kýmatos) (Greek), egy/azonos hullámhosszon (english: van) (Hungarian), sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda (Italian), 波長が合う (hachō ga au) (Japanese), на иста бранова должина (na ista branova dolžina) (Macedonian), na tych samych falach (Polish), em sintonia (Portuguese), pe aceeași lungime de undă (Romanian), на одно́й волне́ (na odnój volné) (Russian), en la misma onda (Spanish), på samma våglängd (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'in rapport': 53 47
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