playoff

Meaning

  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
  2. (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
  3. (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
  4. A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.

Synonyms

test match

match game

matched game

Translations

play off

segunda fase

playoff

série éliminatoire

play-off

play-off

المباراة الفاصلة

Frequency

33k
Etymology

Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.

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