NOUN | event | tournament, tourney | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner |
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event | tournament | a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize |
Sounds | tuh'rnahmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner. | |
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Synonym | tourney | |
Narrower | World Cup | A soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion |
elimination tournament | A tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds | |
open | A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play | |
round robin | A tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant | |
Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
Spanish | competición, torneo | |
Catalan | torneig |
Meaning | A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. | |
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Parts | joust, tilt | A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
Spanish | torneo | |
Catalan | torneig |
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