preplayoff

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adjective

Occurring before or in anticipation of a playoff

OriginEnglish playoff ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepreplayoff (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring before or in anticipation of a playoff

    The Summer Games bled over from summer to fall this year, and to complete the transition we'll offer a little preplayoff analysis on the upcoming autumn classic, the World Series.

    1988 September 30, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishplayoff
  10. Englishpreplayoff

From pre- + playoff.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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