quarterfinal

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
2. noun A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.

Similar words

semifinal finals final definitive quarter-final eventual eight quarter final eighth final last four

Often followed by

match game round against series and of victory

Word family

quarterfinalist quarterfinalists quarterfinals