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postgame

/ˈpoʊstˌɡeɪm/

postgame adjective: following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.

Adjective

postgame (not comparable)

  1. Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.
    • Stay tuned for the postgame show.
  2. Occurring after the main storyline of the game.
    • postgame credits

Noun

postgame (plural postgames)

  1. A postgame show.
    • The Sunday job of wraparounds and pregames and postgames and half-time shows is certainly the toughest job I've ever been around.1987, Tony Verna, William T. Bode, Live TV, →ISBN, page 63
  2. The gameplay that unlocks after completing the main storyline.

Forms of postgame

pluralpostgames

Origin of postgame

From post- + game.

Questions about postgame

What does postgame mean?
Postgame means following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.
What part of speech is postgame?
Postgame can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce postgame?
Postgame is pronounced /ˈpoʊstˌɡeɪm/ (US).

Words near postgame in the dictionary

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  2. postfurlough
  3. postfusion
  4. postfusional
  5. postgadolinium
  6. postgame
  7. postgames
  8. postganglionary
  9. postganglionic
  10. postgasm
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