Definitions for Tournament
ˈtʊər nə mənt, ˈtɜr-tour·na·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tournament, tourneynoun

   a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

2. tournamentnoun

   a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. tournamentnoun

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

2. tournamentnoun

   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.

3. Etymology: tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tournament, Tourneynoun

   Etymology: tournamentum, low Lat.

   1. Tilt; just; military sport; mock encounter.

   They might under the pretence
   Of tilts and tournaments,
   Provide them horse and armour for defence. Daniel.

   For justs, tourneys, and barriers, the glories of them are the chariots, wherein challengers make their entry. Francis Bacon.

   Whence came all those justs, tiltings, and tournaments, so much in use in these parts. William Temple, Miscel.

   He liv’d with all the pomp he cou’d devise,
   At tilts and tournaments obtain’d the prize,
   But found no favour in his lady’s eyes. Dryden.

   The spousals of Hippolita the queen,
   What tilts and tourneys at the feast were seen. Dryden.

   2. John Milton uses it simply for encounter; shock of battle.

   With cruel tournament the squadrons join!
   Where cattle pastur’d late, now scatter’d lies
   With carcasses, and arms, th’ insanguin’d field. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tournament

   A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of participants, each participating in a sport or game. Typically, these participants are divided into pairs and the winner of each match advances to the next round. This process continues until only one participant or team is left, who is then declared the overall winner. Tournaments can vary in scale and can be held at local, regional, national, or international levels, depending on the sport or game.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Tournamentnoun

   a mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle

2. Tournamentnoun

   any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Tournament

   A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: ⁕One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval. ⁕A competition involving multiple matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. These are common in those sports and games where each match must involve a small number of competitors: often precisely two, as in most team sports, racket sports and combat sports, many card games and board games, and many forms of competitive debating. Such tournaments allow large numbers to compete against each other in spite of the restriction on numbers in a single match. These two senses are distinct. All golf tournaments meet the first definition, but while match play tournaments meet the second, stroke play tournaments do not, since there are no distinct matches within the tournament. In contrast, football leagues like the Premier League are tournaments in the second sense, but not the first, having matches spread across many stadia over a period of up to a year. Many tournaments meet both definitions; for example, the Wimbledon tennis championship.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tournament

   tōōr′na-ment, n. a military sport of the Middle Ages in which combatants engaged one another to display their courage and skill in arms: any contest in skill involving a number of competitors and a series of games.—Also Tour′ney. [O. Fr. tournoiement, tornoi—torner—L. tornāre, to turn.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tournament

   A military sport of the Middle Ages, in which combatants engaged one another with the object of exhibiting their courage, prowess, and skill in the use of arms, or for the honor of the ladies attending. According to Ducange, the difference between a tournament and a joust is, that the latter is a single combat, while in the former a troop of combatants encounter each other on either side. But this distinction has not been always observed.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tournamentnoun

   A bracket with 2-64 competitors or teams that is single-elimination.

   I am participating in a tournament.

   
   

   Submitted by Gaulbs on October 17, 2022  

Matched Categories

1. • Contest

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Tournament' in Nouns Frequency: #1784

How to pronounce Tournament?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tournament in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tournament in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Tournament in a Sentence

1. Rafael Nadal:

   This tournament marks the start of my favorite part of the season, i know that I have to play better than what I did. I'm working to be playing well again as soon as possible. If I did not believe in my chances, I would not be here. I would be doing other stuff, because I already achieved all the things I needed to do in my career. I still have the passion and motivation to keep playing tennis.

2. Jim Courier:

   If I were (Djokovic's coach) Boris Becker and I were counseling Novak I would tell him look, it doesn't matter, if you want to win this tournament then all roads lead to Nadal, so whether you get him in the quarters the semis or the final it doesn't matter, you still have to beat him.

3. Gregg Popovich:

   It is a disrespectful notion to even bring something like that up, to say 'hey you guys didn't have this guy or that guy,' that's disrespectful to France or whoever else is in the tournament. France beat us.

4. Gilles Jourdan:

   Its a bit like at the theater: You look backstage and go Ooops, weve hidden everything, and 10 days after the tournament, well start again.

5. Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson:

   Whatever happens at the World Cup, we will be proud of our players, because they will have played as a team and given all they have, and that is all we can ask for. I think we'll be number two in the group, and if not, we'll still have had a wonderful tournament, if the dream comes true - but in a way the dream has already come true, and everything after that is a bonus.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Tournament
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tournament
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Tournament
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tournament
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tournament
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tournament
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html