quarterfinal
nounEtymology From quarter + final.
1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
2
General A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
- Synonyms
- last eight, quarter
- Derived terms
- quarterfinalist
- Related terms
- final, semifinal, round of 16, round of 32