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      • (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.
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  2. one of the two games that are played to decide who will take part in the final game of a competition: Who's in the semifinals? She's the youngest player ever to get through to/ advance to a semifinal. Fewer examples. The semifinal will be played on Saturday. They're through to the semifinal. She's done really well to reach the semifinal.

  3. A semi-final is one of the two matches or races in a competition that are held to decide who will compete in the final. The Canadian canoeist won the first semi-final in 35.595 sec. The semi-finals is the round of a competition in which these two matches or races are held.

  4. The meaning of SEMIFINAL is being next to the last in an elimination tournament. How to use semifinal in a sentence.

  5. Semifinal definition: of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.. See examples of SEMIFINAL used in a sentence.

  6. A semifinal is one of the two matches or races in a competition that are held to decide who will compete in the final.

  7. semifinal. noun [ C usually plural ] us / ˌsem.iˈfaɪ.n ə l / uk / ˌsem.iˈfaɪ.n ə l / ( informal semi) Add to word list. B2. one of the two games that are played to decide who will take part in the final game of a competition: Who's in the semifinals? She's the youngest player ever to get through to/ advance to a semifinal. Fewer examples.

  8. In a semifinal, four teams or players compete against each other for a spot in the final round. Professional sports like hockey, soccer, and basketball — as well as competitive activities including poker and debate — have a series of elimination rounds before a winner is declared.

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