extra time

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

extra time

(in game) overtime

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extra time - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tieovertimeathletic game - a game involving athletic activityperiod, 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. baseballovertime period - a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketballtiebreaker - overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccersudden death - (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf

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