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The correct spelling is tie.
How to pronounce tie
/taɪ/
nounIPA: /taɪ/
Say it like: Tee
The correct spelling is tie. A knot; a fastening. For example: "It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score."
Usage Examples
“It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.”
“the sacred ties of friendship or of duty”
“Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A knot; a fastening.
- 2.A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- 3.A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- 4.The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- 2.To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- 3.To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- 4.To secure (something) by string or the like.
- 5.To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
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