| 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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