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preplayoff

preplayoff adjective: occurring before or in anticipation of a playoff.

Adjective

preplayoff (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before or in anticipation of a playoff
    • The Summer Games bled over from summer to fall this year, and to complete the transition we'll offer a little preplayoff analysis on the upcoming autumn classic, the World Series.1988 September 30, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of preplayoff

From pre- + playoff.

Questions about preplayoff

What does preplayoff mean?
Preplayoff means occurring before or in anticipation of a playoff.
What part of speech is preplayoff?
Preplayoff is an adjective.

Words near preplayoff in the dictionary

  1. preplates
  2. preplating
  3. preplay
  4. preplayed
  5. preplaying
  6. preplayoff
  7. preplays
  8. preplea
  9. prepleural
  10. preploded
  11. preplosion

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