Word family noun final semi-final finalist semi-finalist finale finality finalization adjective final verb finalize adverb finally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsemi-finalistˌsemi-ˈfinalist British English, semifinalist American English /ˌsemiˈfaɪnl-ɪst/ noun [countable] DSa person or team that competes in a semi-finalExamples from the Corpus
semi-finalist• Twice she has been a semi-finalist and twice a quarter-finalist.• But who comes through as the fourth semi-finalist is much more complicated.• Karpov is the only semi-finalist who appears relaxed and confident. 