tournament
n. countable B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈtʊɹnəmənt// UK //tˈɔːnəmənt// tour·na·ment
n. a competition where many players or teams play against each other until one winner is left. You often see this in sports like tennis or chess.
n. a series of contests between several competitors, who compete for an overall prize or ranking. Often structured as a knockout or round-robin system.
Our local team won the football tournament last weekend.
The school organizes a chess tournament every spring to find the best player in the district.
Despite entering the tournament as an unseeded underdog, the young athlete progressed through the qualifying rounds to reach the final match on center court.
From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
Usage
Commonly used with the verbs 'hold', 'host', or 'enter'.