Usually means: Competitor reaching the round before finals.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word semifinalist:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. semifinalist: Merriam-Webster
  2. semifinalist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. semifinalist: Collins English Dictionary
  4. semifinalist: Vocabulary.com
  5. Semifinalist, semifinalist: Wordnik
  6. semifinalist: Wiktionary
  7. semifinalist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. semifinalist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. semifinalist: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. semifinalist: Dictionary.com
  11. semifinalist: Rhymezone
  12. semifinalist: FreeDictionary.org
  13. semifinalist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. semifinalist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Semifinalist: Backgammon

(Note: See semifinal as well.)

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▸ noun:  A person who competes in the semifinals, the winner of which goes on to compete in the finals.

Similar:
semi finalist, semi-finalist, finalist, vice-champion, runner-up, qualifier, contender, contestant, selectee, competitor, more...

Opposite:
finalist, quarterfinalist, eliminated, non-qualifier

Types:
academic, athletic, musical, artistic, entrepreneurial, community service, STEM, leadership, more...

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Similar:
semi finalist, semi-finalist, finalist, vice-champion, runner-up, qualifier, contender, contestant, selectee, competitor, more...

Opposite:
finalist, quarterfinalist, eliminated, non-qualifier

Types:
academic, athletic, musical, artistic, entrepreneurial, community service, STEM, leadership, more...



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