tournament

IPA: tˈʊrnʌmʌnt

(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
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.
(graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Examples of "tournament" in Sentences

` ` Every team in this tournament is a good team. ''
A world class Cobia tournament is a natural fit for the area.
That's what this tournament is about, '' Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.
This tournament is an important warmup for the French Open, which starts May 23.
Another concern for the tournament is the high crime rate that plagues many Brazilian cities.
Many hardcore fans were angered that he was given a shot in the title tournament with such a thin MMA resume.
But I think that being in this tournament is advantageous because we're playing matches that are meaningful on a weekly basis, so it is great training.
He treats us to a long discourse on "banded mail", the full-faced bucket helms are probably fifty years too hi-tech, the use of a barrier in tournament is a tad precocious.
We're back and RVD is in the ring with Bischoff, and RVD is telling Bischoff how upset he was about being stripped of the TNA World Title and the announcement of the title tournament, but there's nothing he can do about it, so he wishes luck to Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Ken