tournament

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈtʊənəmənt/ /ˈtɔːnəmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tournament.wav /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/ /ˈtɝnəmənt/ /ˈtɔɹnəmənt/

Word forms

tournament tournaments

Etymology

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

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