tie

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noun

1 worn around the neck with a shirt

ADJECTIVE

▪ undone

▪

His tie was undone.

▪ loose

▪ askew

▪

His tie was askew and his hair uncombed.

▪ loud

▪ bow, kipper (BrE), neck (usually necktie) (AmE)

▪ bolo (AmE), bootlace (BrE)

▪ black, white (= a black/white bow tie as part of formal dress)

▪

a black-tie dinner

▪ silk

▪ club, regimental, school (all esp. BrE)

VERB + TIE

▪ wear

▪ knot, tie

▪ loosen

▪ adjust, straighten

TIE + NOUN

▪ pin (usually tiepin), tack (AmE)

PHRASES

▪ collar and tie, jacket and tie, shirt and tie, suit and tie

2 (usually ties) sth that connects you with sb/sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ close, strong

▪ loose, weak

▪ direct, indirect

▪ blood, family

▪ emotional

▪ personal

▪ business, commercial, economic, financial

▪ cultural, diplomatic, historical, political, social, traditional

VERB + TIE

▪ have

▪

We have close economic ties with other countries in the region.

▪ develop, establish, forge

▪ maintain

▪ cement, strengthen

▪ break, cut, sever

▪

He cut all ties with the Church.

▪ loosen, weaken

PREPOSITION

▪ tie between

▪

There is a strong tie between her and her daughters.

▪ tie of

▪

ties of kinship

▪ tie to, tie with

▪

to establish diplomatic ties with China

3 in a game/competition

VERB + TIE

▪ end in, result in

▪

The match ended in a tie.

TIE + NOUN

▪ break (usually tiebreak) (BrE), breaker (usually tiebreaker) (AmE)

▪ game (AmE)

PREPOSITION

▪ tie between

▪

a tie between Egypt and France

▪ tie for

▪

There was a tie for first place.

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verb

1 attach/fasten sb/sth with string/rope

ADVERB

▪ firmly, securely, tightly

▪

Did you tie the balloons on tightly?

▪ loosely

▪

He wore plimsolls, loosely tied with bits of string.

▪ carefully

▪ neatly

▪

Tie the cords neatly.

▪ back, on, together, up

PREPOSITION

▪ around, round (esp. BrE)

▪

He tied his bathrobe firmly around him.

▪ in(to)

▪

Her hair was tied into a loose ponytail.

▪ onto

▪

I tied the bundle onto the end of the string.

▪ to

▪

She tied the rope securely to a tree.

▪ with

▪

Katie tied her hair back with a ribbon.

2 connect sb/sth with sb/sth else

ADVERB

▪ closely, intimately

▪

Their company's future is closely tied to our own.

▪ directly

▪ firmly

▪ inextricably

▪ in, together, up

▪

Production and consumption are inextricably tied together.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

▪

You can't stay tied to her forever.

Tie is used with these nouns as the object: ↑balloon, ↑bandage, ↑bow, ↑currency, ↑end, ↑game, ↑horse, ↑knot, ↑match, ↑noose, ↑record, ↑ribbon, ↑scarf, ↑score, ↑shawl, ↑shoe, ↑shoelace, ↑string, ↑tie, ↑umbilical cord, ↑wrist