extra-time

A form of extra time — An additional period played at the end of a game if the score is tied after the standard allocation of time.

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Meanings

nounextra-time (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of extra time.

    The match would go to extra-time.

    2014, Tom Oldfield, Arsene Wenger - The Unauthorised Biography of Le Professeur, →ISBN
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    Who was the first England player to force a save out of the West German goalkeeper in the first period of extra-time in the 1966 World Cup final?

    2011, Adam Pearson, The England Quiz Book, →ISBN, page 1990

    The game started to slow toward the end of extra-time and I can honestly say those were the first moments when my thoughts started to wander to the prospect of a penalty shoot-out.

    2015, Packie Bonner, The Last Line: My Autobiography, →ISBN
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Chicago

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