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How to pronounce “playoff”
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Pronunciation guide for playoff
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of playoff with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Shark NHL Analyst & Color Commentator
my senior year, my last game, we lost 9 to 1 in the playoffs.
- Definition summary
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce playoff
Shark NHL Analyst & Color Commentator

my senior year, my last game, we lost 9 to 1 in the playoffs.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “playoff”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
- (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
- (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
- A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
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