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exhibition season

exhibition season

1 4.0
A period before the official season when teams play practice games
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : temporada de exhibiciones
  • The problem is not in the exhibition season, when non-playoff teams put out no-name players at center and when the teams are not playing at full speed but are playing more like they do in the All-Star.

Examples

  • Fans are excited as the exhibition season offers a chance to see new players in action.

  • Prior to starting the normal NFL games, an exhibition season or the NFL preseason will certainly kick off in July up to August.

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  • The exhibition season allows teams to fine-tune their rosters before the official games begin.

  • During the exhibition season, many teams experiment with different strategies for the upcoming year.

Synonyms

preseason
vsexhibition season
74 3.0

A time before the official sports season for practice and training

applies specifically to the lead-up before football or baseball not all sports

How Official

postseason
79 3.4
preseason
74 3.0
exhibition season
  • US
1 4.0
scrimmage
30 5.5

Surface Forms

exhibition season singular
exhibition seasons plural

Morphology

exhibition + season

The meaning 'a period when exhibitions are held' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'exhibition' (a public presentation) with 'season' (a marked period). This noun+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. 'temporada de exposiciones') so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase exhibition season comes from sports: an exhibition is a 'practice game' and a season is a set time. Teams play these exhibition games just before the 'official season' to try players and ideas, so the term means the period of practice games before the regular season.