POSTSEASON Definition & Meaning

postseason

[ pohst-see-zuhn ]

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noun

a period after the season, especially the period of time in organized sports when teams that did well during the regular season play each other for championship titles:
Several universities with storied college football programs will be headed to bowl games this postseason.

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring in the postseason: Prepare for next year’s deer hunting with postseason scouting and observation.
The postseason games are only available to people who pay for the league’s subscription TV service.
Prepare for next year’s deer hunting with postseason scouting and observation.

postseason

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adjective

of or relating to the period after the end of a regular sporting season

noun

the period after the end of a regular sporting season
home run drought in the postseason

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of postseason¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; post- ( def ) + season ( def )

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Luka Doncic, who knocked the Thunder out of the postseason last season on the way to the NBA Finals, went deep into his bag of skills, spinning around defenders, firing passes over his head and stepping back and splashing over the Thunder’s league-best defense.

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To be sure, the Angels’ fan party was overwhelmingly populated by Angels fans: many in Trout jerseys, very few in jerseys of anyone else on the roster, quite a few in jerseys of Angels greats that actually won postseason games in Anaheim, including Weaver and Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick, Garret Anderson and Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad and Troy Glaus, Rod Carew and Reggie Jackson.

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The last year the Angels won a postseason game was the year he graduated from high school.

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Lee added: “It’s nice how we transitioned to this postseason. Now she has my back, right?”

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And he didn’t give up his first hit until the fifth inning, flashing the same overpowering arsenal that had him on track to be the Dodgers’ postseason ace last year before elbow tendinitis sidelined him for all of October.

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