tournament
Syllables: tour·na·ment/ˈtʊənəmənt/US/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
tournament noun: during the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
Noun
tournament (plural tournaments)
- During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- Synonyms:
- tourney
- 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.
- England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England
- A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
tournament meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tournament in Hindi
- tournament
- टूर्नामेंट ṭūrnāmeṇṭ
tournament in Tamil
- பந்தய விளையாட்டு, தொடராட்டப் போட்டி, காலநிலை விளையாட்டு
tournament in Urdu
- دنگل, مبارزہ
tournament in Bengali
- দ্বন্দ্বযুদ্ধ, রঙ্গ
More languagesFewer languages
- tournament in Telugu
- టోర్నమెంట్
- tournament in Malayalam
- കളിപ്പോർ, മത്സരക്കളി, കായികാഭ്യാസ പ്രകടനം
- tournament in Kannada
- ಪೋಟಿಹಬ್ಬ, ಹೋಟಿ ಹಬ್ಬ, ಕ್ರೀಡಾ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ, ಪಂದ್ಯಾವಳಿ
- tournament in Punjabi
- ਟੂਰਨਾਮੈਂਟ
- tournament in Gujarati
- ટૂર્નામેન્ટ, ટુર્નામેન્ટ
- tournament in Odia
- ଟୁର୍ଣ୍ଣାମେଣ୍ଟ, ଟୁର୍ଣ୍ଣାମେଣ୍ଟ୍
- tournament in Nepali
- टूर्नामेन्ट, टुर्नामेन्ट
- tournament in Persian
- تورنمنت tornoment
Examples of tournament in a sentence
- She played in a bridge tournament in Las Vegas last year.
- In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.
- The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
Synonyms of tournament
Forms of tournament
| plural | tournaments |
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Origin of tournament
From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
Words formed from tournament
Questions about tournament
- What does tournament mean?
- Tournament means during the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- What is tournament in Hindi?
- Tournament in Hindi is टूर्नामेंट (ṭūrnāmeṇṭ). See Tournament meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tournament?
- Tournament is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tournament?
- Tournament is pronounced /ˈtʊənəmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tournament?
- The plural of tournament is tournaments.
Words near tournament in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tournament (page history and authors); टूर्नामेंट (Hindi) (page history and authors); tournament (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tournament (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tournament (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tournament (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tournament (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tournament (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tournament (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tournament (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tournament (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tournament (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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