Associations to the word «Semifinal»

Wiktionary

SEMIFINAL, noun. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
SEMIFINAL, noun. (General) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Dictionary definition

SEMIFINAL, noun. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley