🏆 Deciding winner ⚖️ A deciding method 🗳️ To decide tie

tiebreaking

1 3.7

Used to decide a winner when two teams have the same score

adjective
/ˈtaɪˌbreɪkɪŋ/

: decisivo

She scored the tiebreaking point in the final seconds of the game.

Examples

A tiebreaking vote was needed to determine the winner of the competition.
In a close match, the tiebreaking rule was applied.
The referee announced a tiebreaking round after both teams finished with the same score.
The tiebreaking point was scored in the final seconds of the game.
The referee announced a tiebreaking round after both teams finished with the same score.
A tiebreaking vote was needed to determine the winner of the competition.
She scored the tiebreaking point in the final seconds of the game.

How Decisive

decisive

1 3.2

conclusive

60 4.8

deciding

10 3.2

tiebreaking

1 3.7

Surface Forms

tiebreaking positive

Morphology

tiebreaking = tiebreak (transparent) = tie + break + ing

Formed from the verb 'tiebreak' (itself the compound 'tie' + 'break') with the productive suffix '-ing'; the meaning 'relating to breaking a tie' is directly derived.

Etymology

Tiebreaking comes from the simple parts tie ('equal' or 'draw') and break ('to end' or 'separate'). So tiebreaking describes something used to end a tie and decide a winner.