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tournament

Definition

  • noun: a sports competition or series of contests that involves many players or teams and that usually continues for at least several days
  • noun: a knightly sport of the Middle Ages between mounted combatants armed with blunted lances or swords and divided into two parties contesting for a prize or favor bestowed by the lady of the tournament

Examples

  • She's an excellent tennis player who has won many 'tournaments'.

  • a basketball/golf 'tournament'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the fiirst runner-up will take his place... and so on and so forth. Some ofyou may die, but it's a sacrifiice I am willing to make. Let the tournament begin! - - Oh! - What is that? - - It's hideous! (..)
    2001 Shrek
  • (..) Silence! I will make this Princess Fiona my queen, Captain, assemble your fiinest men. We're going to have a tournament. But that's it. That's it right there. That's DuLoc. I told ya I'd fiind it. So, that must be Lord Farquaad's castle. (..)
    2001 Shrek