postseason
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstˌsiːzən/
:
postemporada
- Whoever they play, wherever and whenever they play in the postseason, the A's know two things:
- regular season and postseason
- preseason and postseason
- season and postseason
Examples
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Look, first you won the State Championship and every postseason game that Lucas played in.
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The football team's wins have been restored, and a postseason ban has been lifted.
Academic text (2016) -
Teams earned points for winning their games during regular and postseason, but losing teams also earned points.
Academic text (2014) -
Even though the division series just ended, this postseason is shaping up to be a very exciting one.
Blog text (2) -
But they still need a win if they're going to make it to the postseason.
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For the first time in a decade... ... the Shiloh Eagles find themselves in postseason play.
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That's his third homer this postseason, and the first against a team that doesn't wear pinstripes.
Blog text (4) -
PETER: Using this equation in the upper left, I'm projecting that we need to win at least 99 games in order to make it to the postseason.
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Last night, the team celebrated their victory as they qualified for the postseason playoffs.
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The championship games will be held during the postseason, determining the league's ultimate winner.
Synonyms
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2.8
Games between top teams to decide the champion
How Official
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3.0
- US
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30
5.5
7
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
postseason = season (transparent) = post + season
The noun denotes the period 'after the season' and is directly formed from 'post-' + 'season'.
Etymology
Postseason joins post- meaning 'after', as in postwar, and season meaning 'the regular playing time'. As a noun, it means the period of games held 'after the season' to decide a champion.