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Dead heat

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, dead heat means: A race result in which two or more competitors are officially recorded as finishing level.

In Turkish: berabere bitiş

How it is used

Race officials declare a dead heat when competitors cannot be separated in the result.

Example sentences

  1. The officials declared a dead heat for second place.

    Two competitors share the same finishing position.

  2. The photo showed a clear winner rather than a dead heat.

    A close finish does not necessarily become a tied result.

Common collocations

  • declare a dead heat
  • finish in a dead heat
  • drawA result in which both teams or players finish with the same score, so neither wins; also the event that decides who plays whom.
  • track and fieldThe group of sports that includes running races, jumping and throwing events, held on a running track and the field inside it.

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