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Noun: tournament  tûr-nu-munt or tor-nu-munt
  1. A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
    "The chess tournament attracted players from around the world";
    - tourney [N. Amer]
     
  2. A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
    "The medieval tournament attracted knights from across the kingdom"

Derived forms: tournaments

Type of: competition, contest

Encyclopedia: Tournament