tournament
Use Tournament in a sentence
nə noun
1.
a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
2.
a meeting for contests in a variety of sports, as between teams of different nations.
3.
History/Historical.
a.
a contest or martial sport in which two opposing parties of mounted and armored combatants fought for a prize, with blunted weapons and in accordance with certain rules.
b.
a meeting at an appointed time and place for the performance of knightly exercises and sports.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner |
| 2. | a meeting for athletic or other sporting contestants: an archery tournament |
| 3. | medieval history |
| a. (originally) a martial sport or contest in which mounted combatants fought for a prize | |
| b. (later) a meeting for knightly sports and exercises | |
| [C13: from Old French torneiement, from torneier to fight on horseback, literally: to turn, from the constant wheeling round of the combatants; see | |
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Word Origin & History
tournament
c.1300, "medieval martial arts contest," from O.Fr. torneiement "contest between groups of knights on horseback" (c.1150), from torneier "to joust, tilt" (see tourney). Modern use, in ref. to games of skill, is recorded from 1761.
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Example sentences
Her coach will not be asked to come back to the tournament next year.
In some countries it is enough simply to qualify for the final stages of the tournament.
She dreams of having a shipboard tennis tournament with one of these families.
The projects will offset all the soccer tournament's emissions.
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