Semifinal

Definition: Semifinal

Semifinal

Noun

1. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament.

Specialty Definitions: Semifinal

Domain	Definitions
Sports & Leisure	The next to the last round in an elimination tournament in which four players or teams are paired off in two matches and the winner of each moves on to the final match. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Semifinal

Synonym: semi (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Semifinal

Non-English Usage: "Semifinal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (semifinal), Spanish (semifinal), Swedish (semifinal).

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Photo Album: Semifinal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Althea Gibson, of New York, reaching high for shot during women's singles semifinal match against Christine Truman, of England, in All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, July 4, 1957.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Semifinal

"Semifinal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Semifinal" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Semifinal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
semifinal	8
clasico semifinal tigres	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Semifinal

Language		Translations for "semifinal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjysmëfinal. (various references)

Bulgarian		полуфинален, полуфинал. (various references)

Chinese		半决赛. (various references)

Czech		semifinále. (various references)

Farsi		مربوطبه دوره نیمه نهاءی , نیم پایانی , دوره نیمه نهاءی . (various references)

French		demi-finale (semi final). (various references)

German		halbfinale (semi final). (various references)

Greek		προτελευταίοσ. (various references)

Italian		semifinale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		準決勝 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じゅ�"けっしょう. (various references)

Manx		lieh-yerrinagh (penultimate). (various references)

Pig Latin		emifinalsay

Portuguese		semifinal, meia final. (various references)

Russian		полуфинал (semifinals). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		polufinale. (various references)

Spanish		semifinal. (various references)

Swedish		semifinal. (various references)

Turkish		yarı final. (various references)

Ukranian		півфінальна гра, півфінальний, півфінал. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Semifinal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "semifinal": semifinalist, semifinalists, semifinals. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Semifinal"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "semifinal" (pronounced se'mēfī"nul)
5	-f ī" n u l	final.
4	-ī" n u l	polyvinyl, spinal, vaginal, Vinal, vinyl.
3	-n u l	abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fennel, fictional, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, venal, vernal, virginal, vocational.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Semifinal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-m-n-s"
	-1 letter: alienism, families, finalise, finalism, flamines, infamies, inflames.
	-2 letters: famines, finales, finalis, finials, flamens, inflame, malines, menials, misfile, mislain, seminal.
	-3 letters: aliens, alines, amines, animes, animis, elains, elfins, emails, falsie, famine, finale, finals, finial, flamen, flames, flanes, fleams, imines, inseam, lemans, liaise, lianes, limans, limens, limina, mailes, maline, menial, mensal, mesial, mesian, mislie, saimin.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-m-n-s"
	+1 letter: semifinals.
	+2 letters: lifemanship, nonfamilies.
	+3 letters: familiarness, infomercials, lifemanships, semifinalist.
	+4 letters: infinitesimal, informalities, semifinalists, sulfanilamide.
	+5 letters: emulsification, familiarnesses, infinitesimals, microfilaments, multifilaments, semifunctional, sulfanilamides.
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