postseason

[pohst-see-zuhn]

noun

1. a period after the season, especially the period of time in organized sports when teams that did well during the regular season play each other for championship titles.

   Several universities with storied college football programs will be headed to bowl games this postseason.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or occurring in the postseason: Prepare for next year’s deer hunting with postseason scouting and observation.

   The postseason games are only available to people who pay for the league’s subscription TV service.

   Prepare for next year’s deer hunting with postseason scouting and observation.

postseason

/ pəʊstˈsiːzən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the period after the end of a regular sporting season

noun

1. the period after the end of a regular sporting season

   home run drought in the postseason

Word History and Origins

Origin of postseason¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; post- ( def. ) + season ( def. )

Example Sentences

Colorado has made the playoffs just twice in the last 15 seasons, winning no postseason games over that span.

From Los Angeles Times

They also trail the Philadelphia Phillies by three games for a top-two seed in the NL playoff picture, and an invaluable bye in the opening three-game wild card round of the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times

The club, which has won two straight and is unbeaten in its last four, is a point out of the league’s eighth and final postseason berth with eight games to play but it has already been playing without Scottish international Claire Emslie, who is on maternity leave; defender Savy King, who is on medical leave; and U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

The club, which has won two straight and is unbeaten in its last four, is a point out of the league’s eighth and final postseason berth with eight games to play.

From Los Angeles Times

His coach has greater ambitions than a solitary postseason victory for him, however.

From Los Angeles Times