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Semifinal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A match, competition, or examination that precedes the final one.

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

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

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

Word Usage

"Next up for Roddick, in a Thursday semifinal, is 13-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 2 Roger Federer, who routed No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-3, 6-0, 6-0."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

match

Form

semifinalist

Rhyme

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Same Context

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