Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiebreak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: tiebreak
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.

verb

To break a tie.

Example Sentences

"Should the score in the tiebreak become tied at 6 points all, play must continue until one player has a two point advantage."
"2003, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Willy Spitzley, Handbook for Competitive Volleyball, Meyer & Meyer, UK, page 297, If there have not been any major errors in the service reception, then the service reception strategy should not be changed during the tiebreak."
"Simon committed only one unforced error in the 47-minute opening set, which required a tiebreak to settle it."
"As the end of the game, game tiebroke in favor of triad, inexplicably. I thought that two people on different teams(even if nominally aligned), like a Triad and a Judge lost ties against single factions with more members(2 town)."

Etymology

From tie + break.

Inflected Forms

tiebreaks (plural) tiebreaks (present, singular) tiebreaking (participle, present) tiebroke (past) tiebroken (participle, past)

Phrases

Champions tiebreak

Questions

What does tiebreak mean?: A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
Where does tiebreak come from?: From tie + break.

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