tournament

CEFRB1

/ˈtʊənəmənt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A competition in which players or teams meet to find a winner.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Examples

  • Our team won in the intercollegiate tournament.

  • The English team beat the Brazilian team in the international football tournament.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

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

More examples

In context

  • The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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The chess blank brought together skilled players from ten different countries.

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Origin

noun

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