regionals
Area-level competition round
Regionals refers to a regional competition or tournament—a level of organized competition between local and national stages.
Athletes, debaters, and academic competitors advance through regionals to qualify for higher rounds: Our team made it to regionals but lost in the semifinals.
The term is informal and typically plural even when referring to a single event.
Defined administrative regions
- provincesAdministrative regions within nations
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- zonesDefined territorial divisions
- sectorsDistinct portions of something larger
areas · dialects · cuisine · customs · traditions · folklore · climate · terrain
Competition for top rank
- bracketsMarks setting off text
- seedingsPreliminary competition rankings
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
finals · qualifiers · semifinals · quarterfinals · rounds · matches · teams · athletes
districts
Defined administrative regions
- provincesAdministrative regions within nations
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- zonesDefined territorial divisions
sectors · areas · dialects · cuisine · customs · traditions · folklore · climate · terrain · demographics
championship
Competition for top rank
- bracketsMarks setting off text
- seedingsPreliminary competition rankings
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
elimination · finals · qualifiers · semifinals · quarterfinals · rounds · matches · teams · athletes · coaches
- skatingskating, ice skating, roller skating, figure skating, inline skating
- cheerleadingcheerleader, cheerleaders, cheer squad, spirit squad, pom-poms
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- wrestlingbody slam, wrestlers, takedown, pinfall, suplex
regionalsnationals
Citizens of a state
national championship · world championship · internationals · world finals · worlds
regionalsnationals
Citizens of a state
internationals · worldwide · locals · universal · continental
- regional theaterLocal professional drama company
- regional cookingPlace-based culinary traditions
- regional dishesArea-specific traditional foods
- regional slangInformal vocabulary of localities
- regional theatreProfessional drama outside metropolises
- regional dialectsGeographically distinct speech varieties
regional, regionally, regionalism, regionalist, interregional, regionalize, regionalized, regionalization, regionalizing