Tie has two principal meanings:

  • Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders
  • Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports

Tie or TIE may also refer to:

Engineering and technology

  • Railroad tie, a rectangular support for the rail
  • Tensilica Instruction Extension, a verilog-like language that is used to describe the instruction extensions to the Xtensa processor core
  • Tie (engineering), a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked together
  • Time Independent Escape Sequence, a modem protocol

Enterprises and organizations

  • TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a Silicon Valley non-profit
  • Titanium Metals Corporation, with the stock symbol TIE on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd., an Edinburgh-based public transport company

Science

  • Interpersonal ties, in sociology and psychology
  • TIE receptors, specific types of cell surface receptors

Acronym

  • Theatre in Education
  • Time for Inclusive Education, an LGBT campaign group in Scotland
  • Times Interest Earned, a financial ratio

People

  • Cathy Tie (born 1996?), Chinese-Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur
  • Esko Tie (1928–2002), Finnish ice hockey player
  • Li Tie (born 1977), Chinese retired footballer and Chinese national head coach
  • Lie Tie (director) (1913–1996), Chinese film director
  • Lin Tie (1904–1989), Chinese communist revolutionary leader and politician, first Communist Party Chief and second governor of Hebei province
  • Tahir Tie Domi (born 1969), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
  • Tiê (born 1980), Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • Tie Feiyan (born 1992), Chinese politician
  • Tie Liu (1933–2024), Chinese writer
  • Tie Ning (born 1957), Chinese short story writer and politician
  • Tie Sing (19th-century–1918), Chinese-American chef
  • Tie Xuan (1366–1402), Chinese general
  • Tie Ya Na (born 1979), Chinese table tennis player
  • Tie Ying (1916–2009), Chinese politician and major general
  • Tie Yinghua (born 1993), Chinese kickboxer
  • Wang Tie (born 1957), Chinese former politician

Other uses

  • Tie (tennis), synonymous with match, but used for team competitions such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
  • Chie, a Japanese name ("Tie" would be the Kunrei-shiki way of writing "Chie")<!--See https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170402/p2a/00m/0na/003000c -->
  • Tie (cavity wall), in construction
  • Tie (music), a musical notation symbol joining two notes without a break
  • Tie (typography), a punctuation and diacritical sign
  • TIE fighter (Twin Ion Engine), a starfighter in the Star Wars universe
  • Twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper or plastic

See also

  • Beer tie, a requirement that a British public house buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery or pub company
  • Thai (disambiguation)
  • Ti (disambiguation)
  • Tye (disambiguation)
  • Tying (disambiguation)