tournament

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈtʊənəmənt//
United Kingdom//ˈtɔːnəmənt//
United States//ˈtʊɹnəmənt//
United States//ˈtɝnəmənt//
United States//ˈtɔɹnəmənt//

A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.

noun

1
historicalDuring the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament.
3
A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Etymology

From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Forms

plural: tournaments

touring · Working for a short time in different places.tourism · The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from…tourist · Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a…

tournament · A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a…

Tours · A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire,…tout · Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.TOV · A Ukrainian limited liability company.

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