tournament

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/ˈtʊənəmənt/

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/ˈtʊənəmənt/ · /ˈtɔːnəmənt/ · /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/(US) · /ˈtɝnəmənt/(US) · /ˈtɔɹnəmənt/(US)

Definition of tournament

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

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noun

(historical)During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
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.”
A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

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

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