Tournament vs. Tourney

Tournamentnoun

(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

Tournamentnoun

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.

Tournamentnoun

(graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Tournamentnoun

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.

Tournamentnoun

Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.

Tournamentnoun

a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

Tournamentnoun

a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

Tournamentnoun

(in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.

Tournamentnoun

(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.

Tournamentnoun

a modern event involving display of military techniques and exercises

Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval.

Tourneynoun

Tournament.

Tourneyverb

(archaic) To take part in a tournament.

Tourneynoun

A tournament.

Tourneyverb

To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

Tourneynoun

a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

Tourneyverb

engage in a tourney

Tourneynoun

a tournament, especially a medieval joust.

Tourneyverb

take part in a medieval joust