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midseason

midseason

5 3.5
Happening in the middle of a sports or TV season
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪdˌsiːzən/
: mediados de temporada
  • However, such is rarely the case for a midseason replacement.
  • midseason trade
  • midseason replacement
  • midseason lull

Examples

  • After struggling at first, the player turned his game around during the midseason break.

  • This series will take over Gossip Girl's slot following that show's midseason end.

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  • The Lionsgate/Universal Television co-production was picked up in May with a six-episode order and set to join the network's midseason lineup.

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  • Meanwhile, Fuller is busy working on Hannibal, a series based on the Hannibal Lecter character, which has a 13-episode midseason order.

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  • As with Greinke, they acquired Teixeira in a midseason trade, both to help them win that year (2008) and figuring that half a season with him would give them an insider's edge when that winter's free agent market opened.

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  • The series was one of seven comedies NBC greenlit in May and leaves 1600 Penn and the Anne Heche starrer Save Me among the network's midseason offerings.

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  • The team made several strategic changes during the midseason review to improve their performance.

  • The coach held a key meeting to address team dynamics in the midseason evaluation.

Surface Forms

midseason positive

Morphology

midseason = mid + season (transparent) = mid + season

A straightforward compound 'mid' + 'season' meaning the middle part of a season; learners can directly infer the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Midseason breaks into mid- meaning 'middle' and season meaning 'a part of the year or the time for a sports or TV series', so a midseason adjustment is one that happens in the middle of the season.