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Definition: Dead Heat |
Dead HeatNoun1. A tie in a race. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Dead Heat A race to be run again between two horses that have "tied." A heat is that part of a race run without stopping. One, two, or more heats make a race. A dead heat is a heat which goes for nothing. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Equality | Equalization, equation; equilibration, coordination, adjustment, readjustment. drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Dead Heat (2002) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dead heat | 10 |
dead heat movie | 2 |
dead heat on a merrygoround movie | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "dead heat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | finish i njëkohshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعادل (balance, draw, drawn, equality, equalize, neutralize, symmetry, tie), سباق التعادل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | състезание с равен резултат. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mrtvý závod. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arrivée ex-aequo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | totes rennen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισοπαλία (draw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | holtverseny (draw, it is pull devil pull baker, tie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gara che si chiude in parit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デジタル通信 (copy editor, dead, dead copy, dead end, dead stock, dead time, deadline, deadlock, death, death education, death mask, debug, debugger, debugging, deck, deck chair, dedicate, dedication, deduction, de-escalate, de-escalation, Denebola, denier, denim, denomination, denotation, denotational, department, department store, departure, description, desk, desk plan, desk work, desk-top, desperate, desperate struggle, despotism, destination, destroyer, detached coat, detail, detector, detente, deterrent gap, Detroit, devaluation, device, digital communication, distributor cap, divider, fight to a finish, hit a batter by pitching a ball, rough sketch, to eat at Denny's). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | デッド'ート . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dreays corrym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadday eathay calor de matar. (various references) probã de alergare. (various references) равенство очков, ничья (draw, stand off, standoff, stand-off, tie). (various references) mrtva trka. (various references) igualdad (coolness, draw, equability, equality, equalization, evenness, par, parity, sameness, smoothness), empate (draw, equality of votes, joint). (various references) dött lopp. (various references) berabere biten yarış. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-e-h-t" | |
-2 letters: headed, heated. | |
-3 letters: aahed, ahead, dated, death, haded, hated. | |
-4 letters: dada, data, date, dead, deed, deet, eath, hade, haed, haet, hate, head, heat, heed, teed, thae, thee. | |
-5 letters: aah, add, aha, ate, dad, dah, dee, eat, edh, eta, eth, had, hae, hat, het, tad, tae, tea, ted, tee, the. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-e-e-h-t" | |
+1 letter: fatheaded. | |
+2 letters: mastheaded. | |
+3 letters: fatheadedly, hardhearted. | |
+4 letters: acetaldehyde. | |
+5 letters: acetaldehydes, fatheadedness, featherheaded, grandfathered, hardheartedly, headquartered. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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