Meaning & use
postgame
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Happening or given right after a sports game has finished.
Grammar: Used before a noun: postgame show, postgame comments. It is not usually used after a verb.
Patterns
- postgame show
- postgame interview
- postgame comments
- postgame analysis
After the final whistle, the coach gave a short postgame interview.
We stayed up to watch the postgame analysis on TV.
Her postgame comments were calm and gracious.
Common combinations
- postgame show
- The postgame show featured highlights and player reactions.
- postgame interview
- He was too upset to give a postgame interview.
- postgame comments
- The manager's postgame comments were brief.
- postgame celebration
- The postgame celebration lasted long after midnight.
Synonyms and how they differ
- after-game
- Less common and more literal; it simply means 'after the game' but is not the usual term in sports media.
Opposites
Word family
- pregame adjective
- Happening or shown before a game.
Commonly confused: postgame or post-game?
postgame vs post-game
A hyphenated spelling that is also used. In American sports writing, the one-word form postgame is more common.
Practice
Which sentence uses postgame correctly?
Choose one answer.
Postgame means after the game, so it fits a press conference held after the match. Option An and D describe things before or during the game, and option B describes something during the game, so they do not fit the meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “postgame”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.