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Antonyms for tournament


Grammar : Noun
Spell : too r-nuh-muh nt, tur-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʊər nə mənt, ˈtɜr-



Definition of tournament

Origin :
  • c.1300, "medieval martial arts contest," from Old French torneiement "contest between groups of knights on horseback" (mid-12c.), from torneier "to joust, tilt" (see tourney). Modern use, in reference to games of skill, is recorded from 1761.
  • noun sporting competition
Example sentences :
  • The regulations and laws of the tournament were very minute.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • You must enter the tournament—Mother, did you remember about the cup and the—you know?
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • There was almost a tournament of rivalry in describing sufferings.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The first tournament is treated in the poem of Luca Pulci, ed.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • It may be as well to explain the difference between a tournament and a joust.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • In the former he first appears as Locksley, the archer, at the tournament.
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama » by E. Cobham Brewer
  • I knew he had set his heart on winning the tournament this year.
  • Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • But how about the fitness of parting with that pony just before the tournament?
  • Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
  • They are the only one we allow to play the tournament games with outside teams.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • You get me to go to another Firemen's Tournament and you'll know it.
  • Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

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