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semifinal

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noun
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As a noun, semifinal means a playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.

Meanings of semifinal

3 meanings

noun

  1. sportsA playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.

  2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

  3. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

    Similar: semi

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: one of the two competitions in the next to the last round…
semi

Words that rhyme with semifinal

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