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tournament

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈtʊənəmənt

Definitions

  1. During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
  2. During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war
  3. 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.
  4. Any competition or test of opposing wills likened to the sport in which knights fought with lances:joust, tilt, tourney.
  5. 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
  6. A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
  7. a competition in which many players compete in many separate games. I'm playing in the next tennis tournament. toernooi دَوْرَةٌ من المُباريات състезание torneio turnaj das Tournier turnering πρωτάθλημα, τουρνουάtorneo turniir تورنمنت؛ یک دوره مسابقه turnaus tournoiטורניר खेल प्रतियोगिता natjecanje torna pertandingan keppni, mót torneo トーナメント 승자 진출전 turnyras turnīrs pertandingan toernooiturneringturniej ټورنمنټ، دسانګي دهلو لوبه ( په لرغوني وخت كې ) لوبه، دلوبو مسابقه torneio turneu турнир tu...
  8. A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph
  9. 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.
  10. A medieval martial sport in which two groups of mounted and armored combatants fought against each other with blunted lances or swords.
  11. (General Sporting Terms) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner
  12. (General Sporting Terms) a meeting for athletic or other sporting contestants: an archery tournament.
  13. (Historical Terms) medieval history a. (originally) a martial sport or contest in which mounted combatants fought for a prize
  14. a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
  15. a meeting for contests in a variety of sports, as between teams of different nations.
  16. a medieval contest or martial sport in which mounted knights fought with blunted lances for a prize.

Equivalents

Françaistournoi
DeutschTurnier
31 more languages
العربيةالبطولة
Беларускаяспаборніцтва
Catalàtorneig
Češtinaturnaj
Esperantoturniro
Galegotorneo
Magyartorna
Bahasa Indonesiaturnoi
ქართულიტურნირი
Қазақ тілітурнир
Lietuviųturnyras
Македонскитурнир
Nederlandstoernooitornooi
Polskiturniej
Portuguêstorneio
Românăturnir
Slovenčinaturnaj
Српскиturnirтурнир
Türkçeturnuva
Українськазмаганнятурнір

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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