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What is a semifinal?

What is a semifinal? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
  2. (General) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.
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She reached the final four of the 2000 Australian Open, her first Grand Slam semifinal in nine years.
The closing minutes of the first semifinal heat saw a strong set, some jumbled take-offs and a few crowd-pleasing wipeouts.
The attackman from Duxbury tallied three points in the semifinal loss to second-ranked Virginia.
Meanwhile, Seabiscuit comprehensively overturned first-round running with Hulkster in the second semifinal.
His rise to prominence, culminating at this year's French Open where he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, has been a hard slog.
Without him, and Tiago Silva, Brazil will go into its semifinal against Germany severely weakened.

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