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.

  2. Tom made the playoffs.

  3. The basketball playoffs started last month.

  4. He loves to watch playoff basketball.

  5. Tom played well in the playoffs.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
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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