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    tournament
    /ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. (in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize. Similar competitioncontestchampionshipseries
    • 2. (in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize. Similar joustjoustingtourneytilt

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  2. a competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner is left: a tennis / chess / golf tournament. They were defeated in the first round of the tournament. Fewer examples. Our ambitions for this tournament have been defeated by the weather.

  3. The meaning of TOURNAMENT is a series of games or contests that make up a single unit of competition (as on a professional golf tour), the championship playoffs of a league or conference, or an invitational event.

  4. Tournament definition: a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests. See examples of TOURNAMENT used in a sentence.

  5. tournament. noun. /ˈtʊənəmənt/, /ˈtɔːnəmənt/ /ˈtʊrnəmənt/ ( North American English, less frequent tourney) a sports competition involving a number of teams or players who take part in different games and must leave the competition if they lose. The competition continues until there is only the winner left. a golf/tennis/soccer/chess tournament.

  6. A tournament refers to a gathering of competitors playing a series of games. There are chess tournaments, golf tournaments, tennis tournaments, and a number of tournaments titled “Tournament of Champions.”

  7. A tournament is a sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches in the competition until just one person or team is left.

  8. 1. (General Sporting Terms) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner. 2. (General Sporting Terms) a meeting for athletic or other sporting contestants: an archery tournament. 3. (Historical Terms) medieval history.