Meaning of "tournament" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOURNAMENT

From Old French torneiement, from torneier to fight on horseback, literally: to turn, from the constant wheeling round of the combatants.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TOURNAMENT

tournament  [ˈtʊənəmənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOURNAMENT

Tournament is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOURNAMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tournament

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: ▪ One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval. ▪ A competition involving multiple matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. These are common in those sports and games where each match must involve a small number of competitors: often precisely two, as in most team sports, racket sports and combat sports, many card games and board games, and many forms of competitive debating. Such tournaments allow large numbers to compete against each other in spite of the restriction on numbers in a single match. These two senses are distinct. All golf tournaments meet the first definition, but while match play tournaments meet the second, stroke play tournaments do not, since there are no distinct matches within the tournament.

Definition of tournament in the English dictionary

The first definition of tournament in the dictionary is a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner. Other definition of tournament is a meeting for athletic or other sporting contestants. Tournament is also a martial sport or contest in which mounted combatants fought for a prize.

SYNONYMS OF «TOURNAMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tournament» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tournament

competition · contest · event · joust · match · meeting · series · tourney

TRANSLATION OF TOURNAMENT

Find out the translation of tournament to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tournament from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tournament» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 锦标赛
• Translator English - Spanish: torneo
• English: tournament
• Translator English - Hindi: टूर्नामेंट
• Translator English - Arabic: مُبَارَاة
• Translator English - Russian: соревнование
• Translator English - Portuguese: torneio
• Translator English - Bengali: টুর্নামেন্ট
• Translator English - French: tournoi
• Translator English - Malay: Kejohanan
• Translator English - German: Turnier
• Translator English - Japanese: トーナメント
• Translator English - Korean: 토너먼트
• Translator English - Javanese: Turnamen
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vòng đấu loại
• Translator English - Tamil: போட்டியில்
• Translator English - Marathi: स्पर्धा
• Translator English - Turkish: turnuva
• Translator English - Italian: torneo
• Translator English - Polish: turniej
• Translator English - Ukrainian: турнір
• Translator English - Romanian: competiție sportivă
• Translator English - Greek: τουρνουά
• Translator English - Afrikaans: toernooi
• Translator English - Swedish: turnering
• Translator English - Norwegian: turnering

10 QUOTES WITH «TOURNAMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tournament.

1

Andre Agassi

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

2

Al Alvarez

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.

3

Franz Beckenbauer

The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.

4

Bjorn Borg

As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.

5

Keegan Bradley

People look at me weird because I'm a Howard Stern fan, but he's very misunderstood. It's the first thing I do when I get in my car at a tournament - just pray that I get Howard 100 on Sirius or XM.

6

Terry Bradshaw

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

7

Tim Buckley

I like the fact that we have all the teams in the tournament. When I first got here as an assistant, not everyone made the tournament and I think as a coach, you look at it from a job security standpoint, I think that hurt when you didn't have everybody in the tournament.

8

Michael Chang

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

9

Vicente del Bosque

The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.

10

Eric Dickerson

I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOURNAMENT»

Discover the use of tournament in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tournament and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Tournament

Roger Ascham, Elizabeth's teacher and mentor in the art of power and politics, is determined to keep her out of harm's way and resolves to take Elizabeth with him when he travels to the glittering Ottoman capital for the tournament.

Matthew Reilly, 2013

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players

Some people excel at tournament poker. This is not luck. These are players who have an advanced understanding of what the proper strategy adjustments are, and when they come into play.

David Sklansky, 2007

Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm

Tournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law.

Marc Galanter, 1994

Knights at Tournament

Text and illustrations describe the history, organization, equipment, and armor of European knights at tournament from the twelfth through the sixteenth century.

‎1988

Poker Tournament Strategies

Even though Sylvester Suzuki is a pseudonym, he is a real person who understands the underlying theories that govern tournament play. This text should prove helpful to anyone who is new to this form of poker.

Sylvester Suzuki, Paula Cizmar, 1998

Tournament

In the Middle Ages Tournaments were the equivalent of Medieval football, with the 'star players' gaining wealth and prestige. Here is the history of the Tournament.

David Crouch, 2006

Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for ...

In this updated edition, the authors reflect on Central Asia's history since the end of the Russo-Afghan war, and particularly in the wake of 9/11.

Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac, 2009

Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929

In this account of his victory at the 1929 Carlsbad Tournament, Nimzovich offers a captivating retrospective of his triumph over some of the best of his contemporaries: Capablanca, Spielmann, Bogolyubov, Tartakower, Sämisch, and others.

Aron Nimzovich, 2004

The Tournament: A Novel of the 20th Century

The great philosophers, celebrities, artists, and scientists of the twentieth century take part in a two-week tennis tournament that chronicles the cultural history of the twentieth century.

John Clarke, 2003

The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament: A History, 1921-1997

¡943. Greater. Greenville. Basketball. Tournament. CLASS A MEN Mills Mill ( Greenville, S.C.), champions: Spot Trammell, Earl Wooten, Harris, Cannon, Jordan, Pearson, Ted Ratenski. Dunean Mill (Greenville, S.C.), runners- up: Willie Riddle, ...

Mac C. Kirkpatrick, Thomas K. Perry, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOURNAMENT»

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CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 Team of the Tournament

Now we turn our gaze back over the past three weeks to select the best XI of the tournament. To select the players, we looked at the obvious stats like goals and ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

'Hearthstone' Teases New 'Argent Tournament' Expansion For …

Everything about the announcement screams “Paladin” and “Tournament,” and fans have deduced that it has something to do with WoW's Argent Tournament, ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Mascherano, Guerrero headline Copa America team of the tournament

In a tournament where the goalkeeping was at a fairly high standard, there was no one outstanding candidate. Bravo gets the nod, though. He may not have ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»

Former Wisconsin Basketball stars to play in The Basketball …

"I think we have one of the best teams going into the tournament with former All-Americans and guys that played in the NBA." Bruesewitz and the Taylors are on ... «Bucky's 5th Quarter, Jun 15»

The Basketball Tournament features $1 million payday

The Basketball Tournament, a single-elimination event in which the winning team will earn $1 million, will feature more than 40 former NBA players, including ... «ESPN, Jun 15»

2015 Memorial Tournament second-round leaderboard, TV …

Tiger Woods hits on the 13th hole during the first round of the Memorial golf tournament Thursday in Dublin, Ohio. Woods shot a one-over 73. (Darron ... «cleveland.com, Jun 15»

DI Baseball Committee releases field of 64 teams for 2015 tournament

Making the tournament for the first time includes Radford of the Big South Conference, Florida A&M of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Houston Baptist of ... «NCAA.com, May 15»

Big Ten Releases 2015 Baseball Tournament Bracket

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The conference office announced the bracket for the 2015 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, held May 20-24 at Target Field in Minneapolis. «Big Ten Conference, May 15»

SEC Baseball Tournament 2015: Field set, check full schedule, TV …

LSU's Alden Cartwright holds up an SEC sign to the fans as LSU celebrates after winning the SEC Baseball Tournament championship game (Game 17), 2-0 ... «AL.com, May 15»

Baseball: 2015 NJSIAA state tournament brackets

... 2015 state tournament brackets · 2015 state tournament previews and predictions · More News. 2015 NJSIAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKETS. «NJ.com, May 15»