Explore Semifinals through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Semifinals meaning
plural of semifinal
Using Semifinals
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of semifinal
- In the example corpus, semifinals often appears in combinations such as: the semifinals, semifinals of, conference semifinals.
Context around Semifinals
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Semifinals
- In this selection, "semifinals" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boys, open, conference, face and tuesday stand out and add context to how "semifinals" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2a state semifinals and division 3 semifinals tuesday. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "semifinals" sits close to words such as averages, bermuda and certificates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with semifinals
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aliso Niguel will be home against Yorba Linda in the Division 3 semifinals Tuesday. (14 words)
Approximately 45 minutes later, Boch-Collins lost, sending the Cavaliers to the ACC semifinals. (14 words)
All games through the semifinals will be played at the site of the higher seed. (15 words)
Bautista Agut faces another Russian opponent, Andrey Rublev, in the semifinals after Rublev converted his fifth match point against Tallon Griekspoor to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and end a seven-match win streak for Griekspoor, the Libema Open winner. (42 words)
Truth be told, last night’s semifinals was a much stronger show than night one of the semifinals that more than five acts deserve to go into the finale, but that is not the way the show is structured. (39 words)
Boston is looking to extend a wild postseason ride that already includes five wins when facing elimination — twice in the East semifinals after falling behind 3-2 to the 76ers, and now three straight times against the Heat. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
They face off in pairs — the winners of the four first-round holes advance to the semifinals; the winners of the semifinals face off in the final.
Truth be told, last night’s semifinals was a much stronger show than night one of the semifinals that more than five acts deserve to go into the finale, but that is not the way the show is structured.
On the court, two Chinese players inspired by Li, a two-time Grand Slam champion, have reached the semifinals of the girls’ singles competition, and another Chinese player is in the boys’ semifinals.
The Americans will play at Croatia in this year’s semifinals in September, with Spain and France meeting in the other semifinals.
While still a teenager, he reached the semifinals of both the French Open and the US Open in 1988 and made the US Open semifinals in 1989.
After a tense exchange in Game 4, owner Mat Ishbia were much more cordial before Tuesday's pivotal Game 5 in the NBA's Western Conference Semifinals.
Alabama's Nick Saban heads into the playoff semifinals after signed the No. 2-ranked recruiting class in college football.
Aliso Niguel will be home against Yorba Linda in the Division 3 semifinals Tuesday.
All games through the semifinals will be played at the site of the higher seed.
Also qualified for the Olympics is Oleksandr Khyzhniak—the “Drago-like” fighter of the “Rocky” film series fame—who beat Marcial in the semifinals in Tokyo.
Amanda Ilestedt scored a first-half goal and Filippa Angeldal converted a second-half penalty to give Sweden the mild upset and send the Swedes to the semifinals for the fifth time.
And out at Rockton Hononegah, Huntley will get a chance for a little payback when it faces Hampshire in the first of two semifinals on Tuesday.
A physical drive blocker, his rugged play consistently wore down opponents in helping lead the No. 12 Millers (9-3) to the Class 2A state semifinals.
Approximately 45 minutes later, Boch-Collins lost, sending the Cavaliers to the ACC semifinals.
At 4 p.m., the Terriers will face the Providence College Friars in the Hockey East tournament semifinals.
At that point in the All-Filipino contest, Akari badly needed the win to stay alive for the semifinals.
A win over Australia would put France into the semifinals for the second time ever, but first time since 2011.
Bautista Agut faces another Russian opponent, Andrey Rublev, in the semifinals after Rublev converted his fifth match point against Tallon Griekspoor to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and end a seven-match win streak for Griekspoor, the Libema Open winner.
Birmingham boys soccer coach EB Madha addresses his team Wednesday afternoon as his team takes on Taft in the City Division I semifinals.
Boston is looking to extend a wild postseason ride that already includes five wins when facing elimination — twice in the East semifinals after falling behind 3-2 to the 76ers, and now three straight times against the Heat.
Common combinations with semifinals
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the semifinals 102×
- semifinals of 16×
- conference semifinals 16×
- semifinals and 12×
- semifinals on 11×
- semifinals at 11×
- semifinals in 9×
- semifinals for 9×
- state semifinals 9×
- division semifinals 7×