tie-break

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See also: tiebreak, and tie break

English

Noun

tie-break (plural tie-breaks)

  1. Alternative form of tiebreak
    • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
      The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tie-break.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtajˈbrɛk/, (careful style) /ˌtajˈbrɛjk/, (careful style) /ˌtajˈbrejk/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk, (careful style) -ɛjk, (careful style) -ejk

Noun

tie-break m (plural tie-breaks or invariable)

  1. (tennis, volleyball) tiebreaker

References

  1. ^ tie-break in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ tie-break in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication