extra time
n
(General Sporting Terms) Sport an additional period played at the end of a match, to compensate for time lost through injury or (in certain circumstances) to allow the teams to achieve a conclusive result
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| Noun | 1. |  extra time - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tieathletic game - a game involving athletic activity period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" extra innings - overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball overtime period - a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball tiebreaker - overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer sudden death - (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf |
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