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    play off
  2. PLAY OFF definition: 1. to play a game, in a team sport, to decide which side will win: 2. to play a game, in a team…. Learn more.

  3. A play-off is an extra game which is played to decide the winner of a sports competition when two or more people have got the same score.

  4. The meaning of PLAYOFF is a final contest, series of contests, or period of play to determine the winner between contestants or teams that have tied. How to use playoff in a sentence.

  5. an extra game or period of play in a competition played between teams or competitors who both have the same number of points, in order to decide who wins the competition: Two players are tied for first place, so they will have a one-game playoff to determine the winner. [ C usually plural or U ]

  6. a match, or a series of them, between two players or teams with equal points or scores to decide who the winner is. They lost to Chicago in the play-offs. He won a sudden-death play-off. The team have reached the play-offs.

  7. Define play-off. play-off synonyms, play-off pronunciation, play-off translation, English dictionary definition of play-off. also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship.

  8. Play-off definition: (in competitive sports) the playing of an extra game, rounds, innings, etc., in order to settle a tie.. See examples of PLAY-OFF used in a sentence.