Meanings
plural postseasons · alternative post-season
- UShobbiesThe period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).
Suárez has only two more starts in the regular season to convince the Phillies he deserves a longer leash than in previous postseasons.
2024 September 17, Matt Gelb, “Can Ranger Suárez recapture some of the Phillies’ trust before October?”, in The New York Times1 more example
If Rodriguez slumps and the Yankees stumble, pressure will mount on a manager who failed to guide the team to the playoffs in 2008, the first time the Yankees missed the postseason in a nonstrike year since 1993.
2009 February 13, Tyler Kepner, “Before Arriving, Rodriguez Rules the Conversation”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Old Frencha-
- Frencha-
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*sísh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*sizō
- Latinserō
- Latinsatiō
- Old Frenchsaison
- Frenchsaison
- Frenchassaisonner
- Englishseason
- Englishpostseason
Translations
Japanese ポストシーズン
- ポストシーズン (posutoshīzun)the period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held
Korean 포스트시즌
- 포스트시즌 (poseuteusijeun)the period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held
Cite this entry
postseason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postseason
“postseason.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postseason. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postseason,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postseason.
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