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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...
- Unreal Tournament is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. The second installment in the Unreal series...
- Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation...
- men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. The United States...
- formerly known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (until 2022), is a professional men's tennis tournament pla**** on indoor hard courts. It is part of...
- the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the...
- The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major golf championships...
- Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place...
- NCAA tournament may refer to a number of tournaments organized by the National Collegiate Athletic ****ociation: NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament...
- premise, WWE has held a variety of different professional wrestling tournaments, competed for by professional wrestlers that are part of their roster...