🏆 Deciding winner ⚖️ A deciding method 🗳️ To decide tie

to tiebreaking

1 4.2

To decide who wins when two sides have the same score

verb
/ˈtaɪˌbreɪkɪŋ/

: desempatar

Did the judges tiebreak the final scores?

Examples

We need to tiebreak the votes for the class president.
We need to tiebreak the votes for the class president after the ties were counted.
The referee was responsible for tiebreaking when both teams finished with the same score.
After several rounds, the committee resorted to tiebreaking to select the winner.
In some games, a special rule is used for tiebreaking if the score is even.
The referee was responsible for tiebreaking when both teams finished with the same score.
After several rounds of play, the organizers implemented a tiebreaking procedure to determine the final winner.

Synonyms

tiebreaker

vsto tiebreaking

13 4.1

An extra game or period used to decide a winner when scores are tied

is the general process applied to decide any contest after equal results

decider

vsto tiebreaking

4 4.6

A match that shows the winner

is limited to deciding outcomes when competitors have equal scores using a method

How Long

to replay

4 3.1

extra time

3 3.0

to tiebreaking

1 4.2

coin toss

19 2.4

Surface Forms

tiebreaking infinitive

tiebreaked past participle

tiebreaking present participle

tiebreaks third person singular

tiebroke past

Morphology

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

The participial/verb form is built from the verb 'tiebreak' + '-ing', directly indicating the action of breaking a tie.

Etymology

Tiebreaking comes from tie ('equal' or 'draw') plus break ('to end'), and it means to end a tie by using a special rule or action. So to tiebreak is to make a decision that picks a winner when scores are the same.