tournament

Everyday

1. A tournament is a competition with many games or matches, where players or teams try to win. tree →
2. In history, a tournament was a contest where knights fought on horseback for sport. tree →

In the lessons

a set of games; problems count games played, points scored, teams or wins and losses; in sport and school: football, tennis or chess tournaments, a league or a knock-out; in history: knights jousting at tournaments; phrases: «win the tournament», «knock-out tournament», «round-robin tournament»

Examples

• There are 8 teams in the tournament. tree →
• Each team plays every other team once. tree →
• She scored 12 points in the tournament. tree →
• The tournament lasts 5 days with 4 games a day. tree →
• Our school won the netball tournament. tree →
• In a knock-out tournament, the losing team goes home. tree →
• Knights rode at the tournament to win the king's prize. tree →
• The chess tournament had players from ten schools. tree →
• The Princess went with her sisters to the window and looked on at the tournament. tree →

Note

Often counts games: if every team plays every other once, games = n × (n − 1) ÷ 2. Trap: a knock-out tournament of 8 teams has 7 games, not 8 (each game knocks out one team). Pronounced «TOR-na-ment» or «TUR-na-ment».