Focus on the pronunciation of tie
English definition of “tie”
/taɪ/ (tying, tied, tied)
› [I or T] to have the same score or level in a game, competition, or comparison, or to make the scores the same: tie for first/second/last, etc. place Frederick and Fairfax counties each reported 4.2% job growth, tying for 18th place in the US as a whole.tie the score/record The temperature in the afternoon hit 97 degrees, tying the record for June 2.