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/ˈtərnəmənt/,/ˈto͝or-/,
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tournaments, plural;
  1. (in a sport or game) A series of contests between a number of competitors, who compete for an overall prize

  2. (in the Middle Ages) A sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize

  1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
  2. a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
  3. A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. ...
  4. A tournament is a directed graph (digraph) obtained by assigning a direction for each edge in an undirected complete graph. That is, it is a directed graph in which every pair of vertices is connected by a single directed edge.
  5. A Tournament, or tourney (from Old French torneiement, tornei) is the name popularly given to chivalrous competitions or mock fights of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (12th to 16th centuries). It is one of various types of hastiludes.
  6. Tournament is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards shuffled together. Despite the name, the game play doesn't seem to be related to the word tournament.
  7. The Tournament is a 2009 British independent direct-to-DVD action film. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside, the script was written by Jonathan Frank, Nick Rowntree and Gary Young, and the film is the directorial debut of local filmmaker ...
  8. The Tournament, a 2002 novel in the form of sports-reportage written by New Zealand-born Australian satirist John Clarke, depicts a fictional international tennis tournament held in Paris and featuring a variety of notable twentieth-century literary, cultural and scientific figures as competitors.
  9. 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
  10. (Tournaments) A semi-regular event on the Stoney & Wojo Show when they come up with 64 items in a category and let the listeners decide which is best.  It's done in a head-to-head NCAA Basketball Tournament style bracket.
  11. A formal competition among multiple entrants in which a winner is decided.
  12. A series of keno games organized by the casino into a contest between players.
  13. To enter an tournament, you pay a fixed price and you will receive a preset amount of chips. Everyone that enters the tournament will receive the same amount of chips.
  14. A poker competition, normally with an entry fee and prizes.
  15. An organised competition for both amateurs and professionals.
  16. In a poker tournament, each player sits down with the same number of chips, and eventually only one player has any chips left. That is the basic idea behind a tournament. Each card room runs tournaments differently. ...
  17. A stroke or match play competition. A competition in which a number of golfers compete.
  18. As opposed to cash games. A tournament can have any number of entrants, and any number of buy-in, but once started, you're there until you've either been knocked out or won.
  19. The broad term describing a whole range of martial activities from the hastilude, pas d’armes, round table, pageant, emprise, and a host of others. The tournament began as a training for war, and was gradually more regulated and specialized. ...
  20. A type of blackjack where the players compete against other players as well as the dealer.
  21. A poker play option where you purchase a designated amount of chips equal to everyone one else who is playing. Prize money is split up into specific percentages for how well players place in the tournament.
  22. A competition among gamblers for a set period of time, often with wide, varying rules.
  23. An official chess contest often with prizes and groupings. Tournament Director (TD): An official at a tournament who is in charge of ensuring proper operation of the tournament and that all players follow the rules.
  24. A multiplayer game that consists of out-scoring many opponents at the same slot within a given time. Get more information on slot tounaments
  25. Forbes D. Lewis' essay on Order Statistics and Tournaments (C).