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Word: tie
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A strong connection between people or groups of people, a bond.
- rail transport|US A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
- cricket The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
- music A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- British A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- statistics One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- surveying A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- The situation in which one or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
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Verb:
- intransitive To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- transitive To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- transitive To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- transitive To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- transitive To secure (something) by string or the like.
- transitive To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
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