postseason

noun

post·​sea·​son ˈpōs(t)-ˌsē-zᵊn How to pronounce postseason (audio)
plural postseasons
US, sports
: a period of time immediately after the regular season when teams play against each other in a series of games to determine a champion
NFL fans have been complaining that the 2016 postseason is the worst in history.—Michael Salfino
The teams will face each other in the postseason.
—often used before another noun
a postseason game/victory
their postseason record

Examples of postseason in a Sentence

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Where Buxton goes, so do the Twins, and for a club that bought at the deadline and has postseason aspirations, that’s not ideal. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 After series wins against the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees last week, the Blue Jays sat just outside of an AL Wild Card spot, turning what looked like a fading postseason opportunity into new hope for an October run. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The top eight teams make the postseason, and the top four have home court advantage for the first round of the playoffs. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 But those three road losses were either in the postseason to a top-two team, at Oregon or the inexplicable 2024 loss to a far inferior Michigan team in The Game. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for postseason

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of postseason was in 1893

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“Postseason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postseason. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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