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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdesempate
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dezẽˈpati
"O jogo foi decidido no desempate."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An additional period of play, game, or contest designed to determine the winner when competitors finish with equal scores.
"The tennis set went to a tie-breaker after both players won six games." - 2
A vote or deciding factor used to resolve a deadlock or equal division of opinion.
"The committee chairperson cast the deciding tie-breaker to pass the new policy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb phrase 'to break a tie', combining 'tie' (referring to an equality in score or votes, originating from Middle English terms for fastening or binding) and 'breaker' (from the verb 'break'). First emerging in late 19th-century sports terminology, the compound expanded to general competitive, political, and decision-making contexts to denote any mechanism resolving a deadlock.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tie-breaker" is said worldwide
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jeu décisif
Transliteration: ʒø de.si.zif
"Le match s'est décidé lors du jeu décisif."
Tie-Break
Transliteration: ˈtaɪ̯ˌbʁɛːk
"Der Satz wurde im Tie-Break entschieden."
tie-break
Transliteration: taiˈbrɛk
"Il set si è concluso al tie-break."
desempate
Transliteration: desemˈpate
"El partido se decidió en el desempate."
desempate
Transliteration: dezẽˈpati
"O jogo foi decidido no desempate."
टाई-ब्रेकर
Transliteration: tai-brekar
"मैच का फैसला टाई-ब्रेकर से हुआ।"
决胜局
Transliteration: juéshèngjú
"比赛通过决胜局分出了胜负。"
타이브레이크
Transliteration: taibeureikeu
"경기는 타이브레이크로 승부가 결정되었습니다."
タイブレーク
Transliteration: taiburēku
"試合はタイブレークにもつれ込んだ。"
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