semifinal
adjective
of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
semifinals
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pluralof semifinal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Open men’s semifinals in 2016, while Ukraine’s Svitolina, 31, made a run to the women’s semifinals in New York in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Defending champion Palisades and Taft, which lost to the Dolphins in the Open Division semifinals last fall, are the preseason favorites in the City Section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Zidane now inherits a team that reached the semifinals of the World Cup and lit up the tournament with an attack that included Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, and Michael Olise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In two more tournaments as a player, he never got past the quarterfinals and in two World Cups as a manager he made the semifinals once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The team members hadn’t cheered for her as she made her run to the semifinals.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
