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- Dictionarytournament/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
- 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
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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.
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. How to use tournament in a sentence.
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.
A tournament is a sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches until just one person or team is left.
Definition of tournament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.”
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.
