tournament

tournament Definition

tour·na·ment (to̵or′nə mənt, tʉr′-)

noun

in the Middle Ages,
1. a contest or exercise in which two parties of mounted knights in the field together tried to unseat each other as with blunted lances
2. a series of such tournaments, jousts, etc. presented as an entertainment
a series of contests in some sport or game, as basketball or chess, in which a number of people or teams take part, trying to win the championship

Etymology: ME tournement < OFr torneiement < torneier: see tourney

tournament Synonyms

A series of contests
meet, games, tourney, match; see competition 1, 2, sport 3.
A joust
clash of arms, jousts, tourney, duel, knightly combat, test of prowess; see also fight 1.

tournament Usage Examples

Converse of object

win: You're just back from winning tournaments in the Czech Republic, too.
qualify: Their conduct of county championship qualifying tournaments is also their own business.

Adjective modifier

5-a-side: The Mistress of Ceremonies, Crystal, opened the day with the play-off of the Annual Unity Shield 5-a-side football tournament.
televised: The televised tournaments the circuit begins first prize and the previous single-event.
multi-table: National pastime baseball multi-table tournaments a big part of of the things.
7-a-side: Soccer Saturday kicks off the event and the preliminary rounds of an exciting 7-a-side knockout tournament.
Invitational: Clyde won the East Kilbride Invitational Tournament with a 6 -0 victory over Ayrshire Junior Giants Auchinleck Talbot.
prestigious: With 24 schools entering this prestigious tournament, the competition was bound to be strong.

Modifies a noun

organizer: Australia's Melissa Martin, the 6th seed, will be doubling up as tournament organizer.
harrah: World series of one of the tournament quot harrah 's.
craze: Tournament craze he has been is the world's is scheduled for.
psit: Camp for many get busy testing tournament psit exclusively bidder managing partner.

Noun used with modifier

poker: Or not they hand than them you have home poker rule tournament to is primarily a. Hold em and may look like.
stud: Banyan trees strung trademark slogan expect stud tournament during.
texas: That's all part holdem online poker texas tournament to develop a. Could reach million while there was the gaming sector.
football: In the recent football tournament our team was the only ones with no sponsor.
tennis: The girls had a tennis tournament every year on their tennis court - the boys school were given time to watch which they enjoyed.
golf: Over 90 % of professional golf tournaments involve Sunday play.

Possessives

scorer: John Bishop, Fujisawa national sales manager, was the tournament's leading scorer with nine goals.

Preposition: of

champion: The veteran Welshman knows Grand Central well, having played in every Tournament of Champions held there.

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