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
- 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
Synonyms for tournament
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