Meaning

4 senses
  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.

    плей-оффplej-off

  2. (Canada, 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.

More definitions
  • any final competition to determine a championship

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Our team didn't reach the playoffs this year.

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  2. Tom made the playoffs.

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  3. The basketball playoffs started last month.

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  4. He loves to watch playoff basketball.

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  5. Tom played well in the playoffs.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
series game:

Origin

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

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

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