Associations to the word «Semifinalist»

Wiktionary

SEMIFINALIST, noun. A person who competes in the semifinals, the heat the winner of which goes on to compete in the finals.

Dictionary definition

SEMIFINALIST, noun. One of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats