finalist
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fi·nal·ist /ˈfaɪnəl-ɪst/ noun [countable] DSone of the people or teams that reaches the final game in a competition 〔竞赛的〕决赛选手，决赛队Examples from the Corpus
finalist• She and a panel of judges will choose 10 finalists, and the winner.• The 12 finalists were chosen from more than 250 entries from across the nation.• The County of Ventura had us as a finalist, but decided to go with another plan.• Carl Lydiate took six wickets to set last year's beaten finalists Croston on the way against Rainford.• Both boy finalists are members of this scheme and they exemplified the improvements made.• Three to five finalists will be announced on April 19.• There will be an opportunity to attend rehearsals, interview finalists and take photographs.• The 34C-24-34 part-time model was the only one of our finalists who likes her legs.fi·nal·ist nounChineseSyllable
of people final that teams Corpus the one or game reaches the
finalist
fi‧nal‧ist /ˈfaɪnəl-əst, ˈfaɪnəl-ɪst/
noun [countable]
fi‧nal‧ist /ˈfaɪnəl-əst, ˈfaɪnəl-ɪst/
noun [countable] Word Family: noun: final, semi-final, finalist, semi-finalist, finale, finality, finalization; verb: finalize; adverb: finally; adjective: final
one of the people or teams that reaches the final game in a competition