Usually means: Penultimate round before the final.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word semifinal:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. semifinal: Merriam-Webster
  2. semifinal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. semifinal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. semifinal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. semifinal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Semifinal, semifinal: Wordnik
  7. semifinal: Wiktionary
  8. semifinal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. semifinal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. semifinal: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. semifinal: Dictionary.com
  12. semifinal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Semifinal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. semifinal: Rhymezone
  15. semifinal, semifinal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. semifinal: FreeDictionary.org
  17. semifinal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. semifinal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. semifinal: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Semifinal: Sports Definitions

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

Similar:
semi, 1/2 final, quarterfinal, quarter final, quarter-final, last four, Final Four, last eight, superfinal, octavofinal, more...

Types:
playoff, contest, tournament, match, heat, more...

Adjectives:
other, first, second, national, regional, set, preliminary, game, sectional, final, round

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Similar:
semi, 1/2 final, quarterfinal, quarter final, quarter-final, last four, Final Four, last eight, superfinal, octavofinal, more...

Types:
playoff, contest, tournament, match, heat, more...

Adjectives:
other, first, second, national, regional, set, preliminary, game, sectional, final, round



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