tournaments

noun

plural of tournament
as in competitions
a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize a golf tournament in which professionals compete against amateurs

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Recent Examples of tournaments For 16 years, Jamie Cox and her husband have been taking their four kids to soccer practice, games and tournaments throughout Johnson County. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 In one of her first tournaments with the national team, heavily favored France was upset. — Eden Laase, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Now the tournaments are held in different years with the men's championship a year before the Olympics and the women's tourney two years before the Games. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 And since their father, Richard Williams, largely kept them out of junior tournaments, that interdependent learning likely proved especially potent. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Over the years, the kids have supported their dad at major tournaments, while Novak has gushed about their growing passions, from tennis to the violin. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026 Mannarino started the season already in globetrotter mode, playing six tournaments by mid-February in five different countries on three continents. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Large crowds gathered for the mixed doubles tournament, an exhibition headlined by Roger Federer’s return to Flushing Meadows and the singles qualifying tournaments, with admission to the grounds free. — Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 In the Philippines, many time zones away from these major tournaments, fans organize watch parties for matches that often start after midnight. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tournaments
  1. competitions
  2. games
  3. events
  4. matches
  5. championships
  6. contests
  7. sports
  8. tourneys
Noun
  • The Wales international made 53 appearances in all competitions last season and has started both of Forest’s opening two Premier League games this term.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Su, remarkably skilled at intensifying the flavors of a single fruit or vegetable in a drink of many elements, had a knack for winning national cocktail competitions.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of competitions
Noun
  • The Orioles scored only one run over their previous three games against Boston, but Joey Cantillo (9-9) did plenty to help them out of their slump, allowing 3 hits and 5 walks and hitting 2 batters in 2 1/3 innings.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • United ended their four-season sleeve sponsorship with DXC Technology in August, with the team instead wearing the standard Premier League sleeve patches, as required by league regulations, for the opening games.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of games
Noun
  • Then a bad pit stop set off a sequence of events that cost him dearly.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The day’s events are measured in minutes, a ticking clock; the grief in years, a beating heart.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of events
Noun
  • White, 28, has started all five of Arsenal’s competitive matches this season, completing the full 90 minutes in four of them.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Bouda had five goals through his first 70 matches, and Tsakiris had three assists in 61 appearances from 2022-25.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of matches
Noun
  • As a player, Gladden’s Twins career stretched from 1987 to 1991, with championships on the bookends.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Harper was only too happy to share his memories of growing up and winning championships with Team USA in an 18-and-under tournament in Venezuela and a 16-and-under tournament in Mexico.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of championships
Noun
  • In some of the country's marquee Senate contests, candidates such as Texas's Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico have said that Washington should step in.
    — Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Insurance exists in other areas such as halftime giveaway contests, too.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of contests
Noun
  • Every week, hundreds of thousands of people walk through the gates of stadiums and arenas, millions will gather in clubhouses, sports halls, gyms and community centres.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Baker’s been a visible presence on Capitol Hill since taking the reins at the NCAA in 2023, overseeing a sprawling network of sports from football and basketball to wrestling and volleyball.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sports
Noun
  • Johannes has much more experience at major tourneys to go along with her Paris medal — three silver medals in the past three Eurobasket competitions and a Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Check the calendar for events like euchre and bingo tourneys, and scheduled food truck lineups.
    — Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of tourneys

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“Tournaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tournaments. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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