postmatch

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adjective

Occurring after a match.

OriginEnglish match ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivepostmatch (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after a match.

    In the postmatch ceremony, Federer choked up after receiving the runner-up plate from one of his idols, Rod Laver, and was unable to get more than a few sentences into his speech before he began to cry in earnest.

    2009 February 2, Christopher Clarey, “Nadal Defeats a Tearful Federer in Australia”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishmatch
  8. Englishpostmatch

From post- + match.

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Cite this entry
APA

postmatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmatch

MLA

“postmatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postmatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmatch.

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