semifinal
See also: semi-final
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Latin semifinalis, from semi- + final.
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semifinal (plural semifinals)
- (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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competition
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Catalan edit
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semifinal f (plural semifinals)
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- “semifinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “semifinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “semifinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “semifinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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semifinal f (plural semifinais)
- (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)
- Synonym: meia-final
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semifinal f (plural semifinales)
- semifinal, semi-final
- Synonym: (colloquial) semi
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- “semifinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English semifinal, equivalent to semi- + final.
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semifinal c
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Declension of semifinal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semifinal | semifinalen | semifinaler | semifinalerna |
Genitive | semifinals | semifinalens | semifinalers | semifinalernas |
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Borrowed from English semifinal.
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semifinal (definite accusative semifinali, plural semifinaller)
- (sports) semifinal
- Synonyms: dömifinal, yarı final
- 1971, Milliyet Gazetesi:
- Olimpiyad şampiyonu Davenport ile semifinalde yanşan Milburn mükemmel bir koşu çıkartarak...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)