NOUN | event | tourney, tournament | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner |
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VERB | competition | tourney | engage in a tourney |
Sounds | ter'niy | |
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Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... |
Meaning | A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner. | |
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Synonym | tournament | |
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 | |
Verbs | tourney | engage in a tourney |
Meaning | Engage in a tourney. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
Spanish | tornear | |
Nouns | tourney | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner |
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