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a race in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time: The two horses finished in a dead heat.
noun. Synonyms of dead heat. : a tie with no single winner of a race. broadly : tie. Synonyms. draw. stalemate. standoff. tie. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dead heat in a Sentence. the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat.
The phrase “dead heat” is a commonly used idiom in the English language, which refers to a situation where two or more competitors finish a race or contest with exactly the same result. This phrase has been widely used in various contexts, including sports, politics, and business.
a race in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time: The two horses finished in a dead heat.
countable noun. If a race or contest is a dead heat, two or more competitors are joint winners, or are both winning at a particular moment in the race or contest. In American English, you can say that a race or contest is in a dead heat. The race ended in a dead heat between two horses.
Definition of dead heat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the noun dead heat is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for dead heat is from 1754, in London Evening-post . dead heat is formed within English, by compounding.
noun. a race in which two or more competitors finish in a tie. the result of such a race; tie. dead heat. noun. a race or contest in which two or more participants tie for first place. a tie between two or more contestants in any position.
Factsheet. What does the verb dead-heat mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb dead-heat. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb dead-heat? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
dead heat. A contest in which the competitors are equally matched and neither can win; a tie. For example, The two companies are in a dead heat to get a new personal computer on the market. This term comes from 18th-century British horse racing and is still part of racing terminology.
