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Tournament — Tour na*ment, n. [OE. turnement, tornement, OF. torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See {Tourney}.] 1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tournament — c.1300, medieval martial arts contest, from O.Fr. torneiement contest between groups of knights on horseback (mid 12c.), from torneier to joust, tilt (see TOURNEY (Cf. tourney)). Modern use, in ref. to games of skill, is recorded from 1761 … Etymology dictionary
tournament — [n] sporting competition clash, contest, duel, event, fight, games, joust, match, meet, meeting, series, sport, test, tilt, tourney; concept 363 … New thesaurus
tournament — ► NOUN 1) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize. 2) a medieval sporting event in which knights jousted with blunted weapons for a prize. ORIGIN Old French torneiement; related to TOURNEY(Cf.… … English terms dictionary
tournament — [toor′nə mənt, tʉr′nə mənt] n. [ME tournement < OFr torneiement < torneier: see TOURNEY] 1. in the Middle Ages, a) a contest or exercise in which two parties of mounted knights in the field together tried to unseat each other as with… … English World dictionary
Tournament — For other uses, see Tournament (disambiguation). A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:… … Wikipedia
tournament — /toor neuh meuhnt, terr /, n. 1. a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament. 2. a meeting for contests in a variety of sports, as between teams of different nations. 3. Hist. a. a contest or… … Universalium
tournament — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basketball, chess, golf, poker, tennis, etc. ▪ qualifying, ranking, World Cup ▪ … Collocations dictionary
tournament — 01. My son s hockey team came in second in the [tournament] last weekend. 02. Our company holds a just for fun tennis [tournament] every summer. 03. Tiger Williams has won practically every major golf [tournament] he has entered this year. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
Tournament — The broad term describing a whole range of martial activities from the hastilude, pas d’armes, round table, pageant, emprise, and a host of others. The tournament began as a training for war, and was gradually more regulated and specialized.… … Medieval glossary
