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Definition of TOURNAMENT

Tournament
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 exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. ``In battle and in tourneyment.' --Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. --Milton. Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another. 2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.

Meaning of TOURNAMENT from wikipedia

- A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all parti****ting in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either...
- Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place...
- Unreal Tournament is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. The second installment in the Unreal series...
- women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia Historic tournaments are included...
- 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic...
- Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2023. The tournament took place at...
- The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double-round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021...
- A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other parti****nt, usually in turn. A...
- Unreal Tournament is a cancelled first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games. It was planned to be the ninth game in the Unreal franchise...
- The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament pla**** in the United States to determine...