"showdown" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-showdown.wav [Southern-England] Forms: showdowns [plural]
Etymology: show + down Etymology templates: {{compound|en|show|down}} show + down Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} showdown (countable and uncountable, plural showdowns)
  1. The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor): решителна битка (rešitelna bitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 對決 (Chinese Mandarin), 对决 (duìjué) (Chinese Mandarin), krachtmeting [feminine] (Dutch), välienselvittely (Finnish), confrontation finale [feminine] (French), Showdown [neuter] (German), entscheidender Machtkampf [masculine] (German), leszámolás (Hungarian), lokauppgjör [neuter] (Icelandic), 決戦 (kessen) (Japanese), ostateczna rozgrywka [feminine] (Polish), confronto (Portuguese), фина́льный поеди́нок (finálʹnyj pojedínok) [masculine] (Russian), реша́ющая схва́тка (rešájuščaja sxvátka) [feminine] (Russian), konačni obračun [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), enfrentamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-showdown-en-noun-eW5agd29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor': 94 6
  2. (poker) The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poker Translations (the final round in a poker match): показване на картите (pokazvane na kartite) (Bulgarian), 攤牌 (Chinese Mandarin), 摊牌 (tānpái) (Chinese Mandarin), раскры́тие карт (raskrýtije kart) [neuter] (Russian), otkrivanje karata [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), polaganje karata [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-showdown-en-noun-hp13BY5I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68 Topics: card-games, poker Disambiguation of 'the final round in a poker match': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brodown showdown

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor",
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      "sense": "the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor",
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