tournament
US /ˈtʊrnəmənt/
Definition
a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our company sponsors a golf tournament for local charities every summer.
Synonyms
- competitiona business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
- championshipthe status of being a champion
- contestan occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Collocations
- Easy football tournamentdescribing football tournament (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
- Medium host the annual golf tournamentto host the annual golf tournament, meaning to be the host of or for
- Hard single-elimination tournament formata collocation phrase: single-elimination tournament format
- Very Hard a tournament of wits among corporate titansreferring to a tournament of wits among corporate titans
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.