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SEMIFINALIST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does semifinalist mean?

• SEMIFINALIST (noun)
The noun SEMIFINALIST has 1 sense:

1. one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination

Familiarity information: SEMIFINALIST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEMIFINALIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("semifinalist" is a kind of...):

challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival (the contestant you hope to defeat)

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