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postseason

postseason

1 3.6
Happening after the regular sports season, usually during playoffs
  • adjective
  • /ˈpoʊstˌsiːzən/
translation icon : de postemporada
  • Then there's Showalter, who led the Orioles to 93 wins and their first postseason berth since 1997.
  • postseason game
  • postseason victory
  • postseason series

It's another postseason Q&A; in the books.

Examples

  • Jesuit, ranked third in the OSAA power rankings, opened its postseason run with a 5-0 win over visiting Century on Nov. 3.

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  • The nation's capital hasn't seen postseason baseball since the original Senators in 1933.

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  • It's another postseason Q&A in the books.

  • That marked Washington's first postseason game since the 2002 Sun Bowl.

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  • Prior to his 2009 postseason success, Rodriguez showed he was a very dangerous postseason hitter in his early years with the Seattle Mariners.

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  • Joe Zappone continued his stellar postseason play with 125 yards rushing and one touchdown.

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  • He led Salt Lake to its first postseason playoff appearance in 2008 and in 2009 coached the team to its first MLS Cup championship.

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  • Often referred to as "The Cathedral of College Basketball" and "the birthplace of college basketball," the Palestra has hosted more postseason NCAA men's basketball games than any other arena in the country.

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  • Coming off a 3-13 season, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier stopped short of declaring his club a postseason contender, but stressed anything is possible in the NFL.

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  • The team displayed exceptional skill during the postseason playoffs, making it to the championship finals.

How Long

offseason
49 3.4
postseason
1 3.6
preseason
74 3.0

Surface Forms

postseason positive

Morphology

postseason = season (transparent) = post + season

The meaning 'after the regular season' follows directly from the productive prefix 'post-' (after) plus 'season'.

Etymology

Postseason joins post- meaning 'after', as in postpone, and season meaning 'the regular playing time'. So it describes things that happen 'after the season', like playoff or championship games.