tournament
/ˈtʊrnəmənt/
noun
- A series of contests between a number of competitors, who compete for a prize or championship.
- Our school won the basketball tournament last weekend.
- She trained for months before the tennis tournament.
- The chess tournament had players from ten different countries.
- A medieval contest in which knights fought with weapons to show their skill.
- Knights from all over the kingdom gathered for the annual tournament.
- The history book described a grand tournament held in the king's castle.
- At the fair, they reenacted a medieval tournament with horses and lances.
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