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postgame

postgame

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Happening after a sports game
  • adjective
  • /ˈpoʊstˌɡeɪm/
  • US
translation icon : postpartido
  • After the final whistle, the coach gave a thorough analysis during the postgame press conference.
  • postgame press conference
  • postgame interview
  • postgame show

Examples

  • Coach Frank Tavani came to Saturday night's postgame press conference by himself.

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  • Jason Kreis was less than magnanimous in his postgame interview:

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  • How McCarthy kept his cool in the postgame press conference, I will never know.

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  • But when I heard Joe Girardi's postgame press conference, I was filled with pride.

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  • Despite the poor weather, the loyal Giants fans are then treated to a postgame fireworks show in the rain.

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  • Sure, Barber might have had a postgame commitment, but that would be a unique exception.

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  • Vandenberg battled through his postgame interviews with a voice that was shot.

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  • It's the other tight end, Orson Charles, though, that I expect to garner some postgame praise for his play.

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  • Rick Carlisle, coach of the Dallas Mavericks, gives his postgame press conference after his team's euphoric victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

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  • The players shared laughs and stories during their postgame meal in the locker room.

Surface Forms

postgame positive

Morphology

postgame = game (transparent) = post + game

The prefix 'post-' clearly indicates the period after the event described by the root 'game'.

Etymology

Postgame is made from the prefix post- meaning 'after' and game, so as an adjective it describes something that happens 'after the game', like a postgame interview or analysis.