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tournament

English

Etymology

Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t?n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
  • Hyphenation: tour?na?ment

Noun

tournament (plural tournaments)

  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.
  3. (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Synonyms

  • (Middle Ages, contests, games, battles): tourney
  • (contests, sports, games): tourney

Descendants

  • ? Japanese: ?????? (t?namento)

Translations

tournament From the web:

  • what tournament is at torrey pines
  • what tournament is the pga playing this week
  • what tournaments has dechambeau won
  • what tournament is played at pebble beach
  • what tournaments are on tennis channel plus
  • what tournament is nadal playing next
  • what tournament is today in fortnite
  • what tournament is played at pinehurst


quarterfinal

English

Alternative forms

  • quarter final
  • quarter-final

Etymology

quarter +? final

Noun

quarterfinal (plural quarterfinals)

  1. One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.

Synonyms

  • last eight
  • quarter

Derived terms

  • quarterfinalist

Related terms

  • final
  • semifinal

Translations

quarterfinal From the web:

  • what's quarter final
  • what quarterfinal means
  • what does quarterfinals mean
  • what does quarterfinalist mean
  • what does quarterfinal
  • what do quarter final mean
  • quarter finalist means
  • what does quarterfinalist
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