semifinal

noun/ˈsɛmiˌfaɪnəl/

Frequency rank: #10,222 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the round of a competition just before the final, in which the remaining contestants compete to decide who will play in the final.

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Example sentence

She trained for months and finally reached the semifinal of the national tennis championship.

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