tournament
noun
[ ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt ]
• (in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.
Similar:
competition,
contest,
championship,
series,
meeting,
meet,
event,
match,
trial,
bout,
fixture,
clash,
• (in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize.
Origin:
Middle English (in tournament (sense 2)): from Anglo-Norman French variants of Old French torneiement, from torneier ‘take part in a tourney’ (see tourney).
