tourney
/'tuəni/
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Definition
Noun:
- A sporting competition: A "tourney" is a sporting event where contestants play a series of games or matches to determine an overall winner. It often implies a structured, elimination-based contest.
- (Historical) A medieval tournament: In a historical context, a "tourney" refers to a medieval contest of skill, especially a joust between knights on horseback.
Verb:
- To compete in a tournament: To "tourney" means to take part in or engage in a tournament or series of contests.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The tennis tourney will feature the top sixteen players in the world.
- Knights from across the realm gathered for the grand tourney.
Verb:
- Our team will tourney against the best clubs in the state this weekend.
- He dreams of tourneying at Wimbledon one day.
Advanced Usage
"To hold a tourney": To organize and run a tournament.
- The club will hold a charity chess tourney next month.
"A tourney format": The specific structure (e.g., single-elimination, round-robin) of a tournament.
- The competition uses a double-elimination tourney format.
Variants and Related Words
Tournament (n): A more common synonym for "tourney," especially in modern contexts.
- The spelling bee is a national tournament.
Tourneyer (n): (Rare) A person who participates in a tourney.
- The young tourneyer was nervous before his first match.
Synonyms
- Competition: An event where people compete.
- Championship: A contest for the position of champion.
- Contest: An event in which people compete for supremacy.
Related Phrases
Enter a tourney: To register or begin participating in a tournament.
- She decided to enter the golf tourney.
Win a tourney: To be the victor of a tournament.
- He trained for years to win the prestigious tourney.
Noun
- a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
Verb
- engage in a tourney