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tournament
/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
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What does tournament mean?
noun
- 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.
- A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
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noun
- (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
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N.B. This is the first tournament under the new law, whidh allow each combatant to use any weapon he may pre- fer.
Johnston was the holder of the trophy and was called on to meet the winner of the tournament in the challenge round.
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Then she thought that she had said enough about herself, and she asked whether they had come down to join the tennis tournament.
Three years afterwards, Prince Geoffrey, being unhorsed at a tournament, had his brains trampled out by a crowd of horses passing over him.
This is not good enough against a weaker opponent in a tournament, and a strong player cannot afford to play the Riga defence.