tournament
/ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/
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American sound/ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/
tournament
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tour - na - ment -> tournament
Myanmar meaning
ပွဲစဉ်များ အများအပြားပါဝင်သည့် ပြိုင်ပွဲကြီး (chess tournament စစ်တုရင်ပြိုင်ပွဲကြီး)။ စစ်လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း ပြသမှု ၊ (Royal Tournament တော်ဝင်စစ်ရေးပြသမှု)။ လှံချင်းတိုက်ပြိုင်ပွဲ။
Full entry
tournament /'tƱǝnǝmǝnt, 'tↄ:n-, 'tɜ:n/ n
ပွဲအဆင့်ဆင့် ပါဝင် ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရသော ပြိုင်ပွဲ။ တံခွန်စိုက်ပြိုင်ပွဲ။ a tennis tournament ❍ reach the final in a chess tournament. ❍ SPORT
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- ‘Some coaches would laugh at team bowling tournaments, at weightlifting competition and the like.’
- ‘England beat them in the semi-final in one of the best games of the tournament.’
- ‘She competed regularly in junior tournaments throughout Ohio and was good enough to play in national events.’
- ‘The two sides meet at the start of the tournament in a game as important and as big as England's clash with France.’
- ‘The Oklahoma City native competes in bass fishing tournaments and would one day like to do so full time.’
- ‘Unlike many of the games in the tournament this one was played without fear by both teams.’
- ‘He said all competitions or tournaments that were scheduled to take place this weekend should go ahead as arranged.’
- ‘Can you foresee a time when gaming tournaments rival sports championships in terms of audience interest and ratings?’
- ‘The two-set victory left May and Walsh as the only team that have not dropped a single game in the tournament.’
- ‘South Africa have competed at the last two World Cup tournaments and three African Nations Cup finals.’
- ‘In this, the first game of the tournament, the North West take on the Midlands.’
- ‘The Greeks proved in the European Championships that winning games, and tournaments, needn't be a pretty spectacle now.’
- ‘But it was a false dawn because they haven't won a game at the tournament since.’
- ‘I like big events and know how to prepare for and focus on big games and tournaments.’
- ‘Activities will include tennis coaching, co-ordination games, multi sport tournaments and lots more.’
- ‘In 14 World Cup games in five previous tournaments Korea had not won a match.’
- ‘In fact, they lost all their games in both tournaments by cricket scores.’
- ‘Myself and the lads I worked with would all swap shifts and take alternate weekends off, which was great because it allowed me to compete in tournaments.’
- ‘These days, you need to take breaks and rejuvenate yourself, because the tournaments are getting more competitive.’
- ‘At the time, teams competed in both tournaments, and both were equally important.’
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