tournament
nounUK /ˈtʊənəmənt/ · US /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
Etymology From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
1
Historical During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2
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.
- 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.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
3
Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
- Synonyms
- tourney