semi-final
semi-final is the alternative spelling of semifinal.
Meaning of semifinal
Noun
semifinal (plural semifinals)
- A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
- Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.2008 June 14, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times, sourced from The Associated Press, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.
Forms of semi-final
| plural | semi-finals |
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Words formed from semi-final
Questions about semi-final
- What is semi-final the alternative spelling of?
- Semi-final is the alternative spelling of semifinal.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi-final (page history and authors); semifinal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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