tournament, tourney
(noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
tournament
(noun) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tournament (plural tournaments)
(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
(graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
Source: Wiktionary
Tour"na*ment, n. Etym: [OE. turnement, tornement, OF. torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See Tourney.]
1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.
Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.
2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2024
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
