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postseason

[ pohst-see-zuhn ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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

/ əʊˈːə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the period after the end of a regular sporting season
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the period after the end of a regular sporting season

    home run drought in the postseason

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postseason1

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

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And any night the Oilers play in the postseason is church night.

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Now, in a postseason series against an athletic team with size, their lack of a big man has become a major problem.

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Just two games into the 2025 playoffs, the free-reed musical instrument has become the Kings’ unofficial postseason good luck charm — thanks to some memorable pregame performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” played by a group representing the Koreatown Senior and Community Center.

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The series moves to Edmonton for Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday, but the Kings will be back home at some point this postseason — either for possible Games 5 and 7 against the Oilers or in the next round and possibly beyond.

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The Kings and Edmonton Oilers are old postseason foes, with this first-round matchup marking their 11th meeting in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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