pregame show
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- noun
- /ˈpriːˌɡeɪm ʃoʊ/
- Literature
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programa previo al partido
- What we've had so far is the equivalent of an ESPN analyst leading off the pregame show with "Well, yesterday I talked to coach Belichick, and he said they really think they're going to win today, so I'm picking the Patriots" followed by another analyst saying "Well, Rex Ryan said the play action was looking good in practice all week, so I'm picking the Jets."
- NFL pregame show
- Super Bowl pregame show
- hour-long pregame show
Examples
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Start the pregame show three hours early and dissect the match to nauseam.
Blog text (1) -
Join us Saturday afternoon at 12:45 for the first Chamber's and O'Hara pregame show of the day, both on the air and on the live stream courtesy of SFCU at WCDOSports.com!
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The pregame show is on, sound-muted.
Fiction book (1996) -
Before kickoff, the team will honor the military with a patriotic pregame show.
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Pregame show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Blog text (24) -
That's going to be featured on tonight's pregame show.
Blog text (12) -
Yes, Damon and Krueger are still hosting the 49ers pregame show.
Blog text (3) -
This season, AT&T is challenging two college football fans (Will and Ravi) to literally follow ESPN's popular pregame show on the college road trip of a lifetime.
Blog text (9) -
The latest ending 4:25 PM game was the one between the Raiders and Steelers that didn't end until 8 PM, when by that time the NFL pays good money to have fans tuned to NBC for the pregame show.
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The station scheduled a half-hour pregame show before the WPIAL final.
Synonyms
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A show on radio or television for an audience
How Long
- Literature
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3.2
183
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a television program broadcast before a sports event' is directly derivable from combining 'pregame' (before the game) with 'show' (a broadcast/event). This is a regular compounding pattern and the temporal modifier 'pregame' is transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will easily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pregame show comes from sports TV: pregame means 'before the game' and show means 'program', so it names the TV program that runs just before a game where hosts talk about the players and teams.