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prefinalist

prefinalist noun: one who reaches the stage that precedes the finals of a contest.

Noun

prefinalist (plural prefinalists)

  1. One who reaches the stage that precedes the finals of a contest.
    • They included a participant in a top reality television show and Barbara Matera, 28, an announcer on the leading government television channel, a prefinalist in the 2000 Miss Italy contest, and a university graduate.2009 April 30, Rachel Donadio, “Premier’s Roving Eye Enrages Wife, but Not His Public”, in New York Times

Forms of prefinalist

pluralprefinalists

Origin of prefinalist

From pre- + finalist.

Questions about prefinalist

What does prefinalist mean?
Prefinalist means one who reaches the stage that precedes the finals of a contest.
What part of speech is prefinalist?
Prefinalist is a noun.
What is the plural of prefinalist?
The plural of prefinalist is prefinalists.

Words near prefinalist in the dictionary

  1. prefiltering
  2. prefilterings
  3. prefilters
  4. prefiltration
  5. prefinal
  6. prefinalist
  7. prefinalists
  8. prefinalization
  9. prefinals
  10. prefinance
  11. prefinanced

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