playoff

English Thesaurus

1. any final competition to determine a championship (noun.event)

hypernym	:	competition, contest,
definition	:	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (noun.event)

hyponym	:	world series,
definition	:	series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship (noun.event)

part holonym	:	playoff game,
definition	:	one game in the series of games constituting a playoff (noun.act)

derivation	:	match, oppose, pit, play off,
definition	:	set into opposition or rivalry (verb.competition)

derivation	:	match, oppose, pit, play off,
definition	:	set into opposition or rivalry (verb.competition)