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7 VERB [usu passive] If one thing is tied to another or two things are tied , the two things have a close connection or link. □ [be V -ed + to ] Their cancers are not so clearly tied to radiation exposure. □ [be V -ed] My social life and business life are closely tied.

8 VERB [usu passive] If you are tied to a particular place or situation, you are forced to accept it and cannot change it. □ [be V -ed + to ] They had children and were consequently tied to the school holidays.

9 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Ties are the connections you have with people or a place. □ [+ to ] Quebec has always had particularly close ties to France.

10 N‑COUNT Railroad ties are large heavy beams that support the rails of a railway track. [AM ] in BRIT, use sleepers 11 VERB If two people tie in a competition or game or if they tie with each other, they have the same number of points or the same degree of success. □ [V ] Both teams had tied on points and goal difference. □ [V + with ] We tied with Spain in fifth place. ● N‑COUNT Tie is also a noun. □  The first game ended in a tie.

12 N‑COUNT In sport, a tie is a match that is part of a competition. The losers leave the competition and the winners go on to the next round. [mainly BRIT ] □  They'll meet the winners of the first round tie.

13 → see also black tie , bow tie , old school tie , tied

14your hands are tied → see hand ➊

15to tie the knot → see knot

16to tie yourself in knots → see knot

▸  tie down PHRASAL VERB A person or thing that ties you down restricts your freedom in some way. □ [V n P ] We'd agreed from the beginning not to tie each other down. □ [be V -ed P ] The reason he didn't have a family was that he didn't want to be tied down.

▸  tie in with or tie up with PHRASAL VERB If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else, it is consistent with it or connected with it. □ [V P P n] Our wedding had to tie in with David leaving the army. □ [be V -ed P P n] I've got a feeling that the death may be tied up with his visit in some way.

▸  tie up

1 PHRASAL VERB When you tie something up , you fasten string or rope round it so that it is firm or secure. □ [V P n] He tied up the bag and took it outside. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If someone ties another person up , they fasten ropes or chains around them so that they cannot move or escape. □ [V n P ] Masked robbers broke in, tied him up, and made off with $8,000. □ [V P n] At about 5 a.m. they struck again in Fetcham, tying up a couple and ransacking their house.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you tie an animal up , you fasten it to a fixed object with a piece of rope so that it cannot run away. □ [V n P ] Would you go and tie your horse up please. □ [V P n] They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.

4 PHRASAL VERB If you tie up an issue or problem, you deal with it in a way that gives definite conclusions or answers. □ [V P n] Kingfisher confirmed that it hopes to tie up a deal within the next two weeks. □ [V n P ] We could have tied the whole case up without getting you and Smith shot at.

5 → see also tied up , tie-up

▸  tie up with → see tie in with

tie -break (tie-breaks ) N‑COUNT A tie-break is an extra game which is played in a tennis match when the score in a set is 6-6. The player who wins the tie-break wins the set. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use tie-breaker

tie -breaker (tie-breakers ) N‑COUNT A tie-breaker is an extra question or round that decides the winner of a competition or game when two or more people have the same score at the end.

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