tiebreaker
tiebreaker
Definition
tie·breaker (tī′brāk′ər)
noun
- an additional game, period of play, question, etc. used to establish a winner from among those tied at the end of a contest
- Tennis any of several forms of play sometimes used to decide the winner of a set tied at a certain score
tiebreaker
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- win: Winning Slogans How to win slogan competitions, writing winning slogan tiebreakers.
- write: Just think, you can be rewarded with a gleaming new car, all for writing a ten word tiebreaker.
- use: Some of these may even be correct solutions too -- we use the tiebreaker to sort that out.
- have: Similarly, we can see Indy's is still the division to lose, especially as they have tiebreakers over the Flames.
Adjective modifier
- winning: There are lists of previous winning tiebreakers, general comping news and the chance to advertize local clubs and unwanted prizes.
Modifies a noun
- slogan: Inside was a tiebreaker slogan competition to win a healthy weekend break.
- sentence: You may be asked to complete a tiebreaker sentence: " I shop at store because Try a different tactic.
- clause: The first 2 tiebreaker clauses had failed to produce a result.
- idea: More info Bookshop The Intaslogans series has tiebreaker slogan ideas all ready for you to adapt or use in your entries.
- question: In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker question or some kind or challenge will be used to decide the winner.
Preposition: in
- game: Pilley took a one nil lead via a tiebreaker in a first game that saw both players concentrating on playing steady error free squash.
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