semifinal

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
2. noun A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Similar words

semi quarterfinal finals box final ultimate definitive eventual semi-final square

Often followed by

game match round and against series draft of in

Word family

semifinalist semifinalists semifinals