tournament

tour·na·ment  (trn-mnt, tûr-)

n.

1. A series of contests in which a number of contestants compete and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner.

2. A medieval martial sport in which two groups of mounted and armored combatants fought against each other with blunted lances or swords.

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[Middle English tournement, a medieval sport, from Old French torneiement, from torneier, to tourney; see tourney.]

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tournament

Noun

1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner

2. Also: (tourney) Medieval history a contest in which mounted knights fought for a prize [Old French torneiement]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tournament - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner tourney contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants World Cup - a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion elimination tournament - a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds open - a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play round robin - a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
	2.	tournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants joust, tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

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tournament

noun 1. competition, meeting, match, event, series, contest

noun 2. Medieval history joust, the lists, tourney

Translations

tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] n → torneo

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tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] n → tournoi m

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tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] n → Turnier nt

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tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] n → torneo