SEMIFINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semifinal mean? 

• SEMIFINAL (noun)
  The noun SEMIFINAL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SEMIFINAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMIFINAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

semi; semifinal

Hypernyms ("semifinal" is a kind of...):

match (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)

Holonyms ("semifinal" is a part of...):

elimination tournament (a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds)

Derivation:

semifinalist (one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination)