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tie

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noun

A knot; a fastening.

Examples :

"The child used a simple knot, a small tie, to secure the gift bag. "

item thing essential

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A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

Examples :

"The wigmaker carefully tied a neat tie of black hair at the back of the wig. "

appearance style body essential

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A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

Examples :

"My father wore a bright red tie to the school play. "

appearance item wear essential

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The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

Examples :

"The soccer team had a tie with their rivals, ending the game with a score of 2-2. "

sport outcome essential

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A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

Examples :

"The package was closed with a plastic tie. "

item utility material thing essential

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A strong connection between people or groups of people.

Examples :

"the sacred ties of friendship or of duty"

group organization communication society family essential

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A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

Examples :

"Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes."

technical building structure essential

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A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

Examples :

"The train tracks were supported by several strong ties running beneath the rails. "

structure building essential

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The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

Examples :

"The baseball game ended in a tie. "

sport outcome essential

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A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

Examples :

"The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957."

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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.

Examples :

"The music score showed a tie between the two quarter notes, meaning they should be played as a single, longer half note. "

music essential

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One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

Examples :

"The tie-breaking vote in the student council election showed a tie between two candidates. "

statistics math essential

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A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

Examples :

"The surveyor recorded the tie to the property corner, showing its precise location relative to the official benchmark. "

property technical area point direction essential

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A connection between two vertices.

Examples :

"The friendship tie between the two students was strong. "

math technical essential

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A tiewig.

Examples :

"The hairdresser used a special tie wig to create the elaborate hairstyle for the wedding. "

wear style appearance essential

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To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

Examples :

"Tie the rope to this tree."

action process utility essential

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To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

Examples :

"Tie a knot in this rope for me, please."

action process essential

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To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

Examples :

"Tie him to the tree."

action thing essential

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To secure (something) by string or the like.

Examples :

"Tie your shoes."

action utility essential

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To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

Examples :

"They tied for third place."

sport achievement position essential

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To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

Examples :

"He tied me for third place."

sport achievement essential

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To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

Examples :

"The composer tied the two notes together with a slur, creating a smooth, flowing melody. "

music essential

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To believe; to credit.

Examples :

"My friend ties the success of the project to the hard work of the whole team. "

mind philosophy essential

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In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.

Examples :

"To make the subtraction operation work on a list of numbers in a Perl script, the programmer tied the list variable to a custom subroutine. "

computing technology language essential