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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, n. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With cruel tournament the squadrons join. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill
           between one man and another.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents
        for championship; as, a chess tournament.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, n. [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  tournament
       n 1: a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of
            games to decide the winner [syn: tourney]
       2: a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     Αγγλικά n.
     τουρνουά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and
  other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
     2 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.
     3 (lb en graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to
  each edge in an undirected complete graph.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and
  other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
     2 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.
     3 (lb en graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to
  each edge in an undirected complete graph.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and
  other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
     2 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.
     3 (lb en graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to
  each edge in an undirected complete graph.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and
  other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
     2 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.
     3 (lb en graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to
  each edge in an undirected complete graph.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     Englanti n.
     1 turnaus
     2 (yhteys historia k=en) turnajaiset

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tournament
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg sport språk=en) turnering
     2 (tagg historiskt språk=en) tornerspel

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  toernooi

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  البطولة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  tournament //ˈtɔɹnəmənt// //ˈtɔːnəmənt// //ˈtɝnəmənt// //ˈtʊənəmənt// //ˈtʊɹnəmənt// 
  турни́р 2.
  (historical) series of battles
   3.
  series of games

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/ 
  turnaj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
   [hist] turnaj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
   [hist] klání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  Turnier 
     Synonym: tourney
  
   see: tournaments, tourneys, turney
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  
  τουρνουά, τουρνέ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  tournament //ˈtɔɹnəmənt// //ˈtɔːnəmənt// //ˈtɝnəmənt// //ˈtʊənəmənt// //ˈtʊɹnəmənt// 
  turnaus, turnajaiset
  series of games

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/ 
  1. खेल~प्रतियोगिता
        "He is participating in the National Chess tournament."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  turnir, turnira, viteška borba

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  tournament //ˈtɔɹnəmənt// //ˈtɔːnəmənt// //ˈtɝnəmənt// //ˈtʊənəmənt// //ˈtʊɹnəmənt// 
  1. 馬上槍試合
  (historical) series of battles
  2. トーナメント, 大会
  series of games

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  tournament /tɔːnəmənt/
  steekspel, toernooi

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  tournament /ˈtʊənəmənt/ 
    turniej

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  tournament /tɔːnəmənt/
  torneio

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  tournament //ˈtɔɹnəmənt// //ˈtɔːnəmənt// //ˈtɝnəmənt// //ˈtʊənəmənt// //ˈtʊɹnəmənt// 
  1. tornering, tornerspel
  (historical) series of battles
  2. turnering
  series of games

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  tournament /tˈʊənəmənt/
  1. yarışma, turnuva
  2. ortaçağda mızrak oyunu
  3. turnuva oyunları.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "tournament":
     Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, bout, carousel,
     competition, concours, contest, derby, encounter, engagement,
     event, field day, fight, game, games, go, gymkhana, joust, match,
     matching, meet, meeting, rally, regatta, rencontre, test,
     the Olympics, tilt, tourney, track meet, trial
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 比赛,竞赛,锦标赛;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 比赛,竞赛,锦标赛

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