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preseason

preseason

74 3.0
A time before the official sports season for practice and training
  • noun
  • /ˈpriːˌsiːzən/
translation icon : pretemporada
  • During the preseason, the team worked hard to improve their skills before the official games began.
  • preseason camp
  • preseason injury
  • two-week preseason

The game continued and it was a preseason game.

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Examples

  • And one after one preseason game is the prediction for your team's record this year.

  • The all SEC preseason team came out the next day.

  • We lose all six of our preseason games, now this.

  • He'll be back before the preseason ends, if he goes at all.

  • If you can make it through preseason, I'll save a spot for you at the bottom.

  • At one of the preseason faculty meetings, I hear some discussion about the dress code.

    Academic text (2005)
  • We've been talking about him all game and all preseason long.

  • Coaches spoke of the importance of dealing with these feelings during the preseason, establishing clear roles, and utilizing senior leadership.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Six consecutive losses in the preseason, followed by last Sunday's embarrassing loss in Dallas.

  • The Austrian women's volleyball team will face off this weekend against Chinese Taipei in a preseason exhibition game that will test both team's new lineups.

Synonyms

exhibition season
vspreseason
  • US
1 4.0

A period before the official season when teams play practice games

is broader, applying to many sports rather than only football or baseball

How Official

postseason
79 3.4
preseason
74 3.0
scrimmage
30 5.5

Surface Forms

preseason singular
preseasons plural

Morphology

preseason = season (transparent) = pre + season

The meaning is a straightforward instance of 'pre-' meaning 'before' attached to 'season'.

Etymology

The word preseason combines the prefix pre- meaning 'before' and season, the regular time for games or events. So a preseason is the period 'before the season' used for practice and preparation.