What does PLAYOFF mean?
Definitions for PLAYOFF
play·off
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Princeton's WordNet
playoffnoun
any final competition to determine a championship
Wiktionary
playoffnoun
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
playoffnoun
A short series of games to select a league champion.
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playoff
A playoff is a competition or series of contests that determines the champion or winner of a sports event, tournament, or league. This happens after the regular season and typically involves teams or participants with the highest rankings or scores.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PLAYOFF in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PLAYOFF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of PLAYOFF in a Sentence
This was a hard day, and I think all of us are tired and we came away from it with the feeling that we made enough progress to keep moving forward and that the expansion of the playoff, we’re very near consensus that we believe it ought to get larger.
You just want to hug each other, i dont think anything goes through your mind. I think youre just too excited. Weve battled so long the last couple months it felt like its been playoff hockey. For this to go to Game 7 in double overtime, its a pretty awesome feeling in this dressing room to come out on top.
This was an elation to see you get a touchdown in a playoff game, i mean oh my gosh, how good did that feel? How good does that feel after all these years?
We’re going to take some time and we’re going to give them opportunities to bring more facts, bring more information to the table so we can be better informed on what to do, and when to do it, if we decide to make any changes under the current highly successful playoff format that we have.
We have bowl partnerships with our six playoff bowls, every conference has affiliations with its own set of bowls and there are contracts that are in place already, we're just past halfway under our current 12-year contract. What are all the legal issues that have to be addressed from that standpoint? We have a media partner right now, ESPN, and so ... how does this impact that relationship with that particular provider, not only for the balance of the contract, but beyond.
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