Tiebreak

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (sports) A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
2. (sports) To break a tie.

Example Sentences

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.

Should the score in the tiebreak become tied at 6 points all, play must continue until one player has a two point advantage.

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).

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• tiebreaks
• tiebreaking
• tiebroke
• tiebroken

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