Dictionary entry

Tournament

Pronunciation: /ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/

Pronunciation

/ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/

Myanmar Meaning

ပွဲစဉ်များ အများအပြားပါဝင်သည့် ပြိုင်ပွဲကြီး (chess tournament စစ်တုရင်ပြိုင်ပွဲကြီး)။ စစ်လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း ပြသမှု ၊ (Royal Tournament တော်ဝင်စစ်ရေးပြသမှု)။ လှံချင်းတိုက်ပြိုင်ပွဲ။

Definition

tournament /'tƱǝnǝmǝnt, 'tↄ:n-, 'tɜ:n/ n ပြဲအဆင့္ဆင့္ ပါဝင္ ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္ရေသာ ၿပိဳင္ပြဲ။ တံခြန္စိုက္ၿပိဳင္ပြဲ။ a tennis tournament ❍ reach the final in a chess tournament. ❍ SPORT

Examples

  1. ‘Some coaches would laugh at team bowling tournaments
  2. at weightlifting competition and the like.’
  3. ‘England beat them in the semi-final in one of the best games of the tournament.’
  4. ‘She competed regularly in junior tournaments throughout Ohio and was good enough to play in national events.’
  5. ‘The two sides meet at the start of the tournament in a game as important and as big as England's clash with France.’
  6. ‘The Oklahoma City native competes in bass fishing tournaments and would one day like to do so full time.’
  7. ‘Unlike many of the games in the tournament this one was played without fear by both teams.’
  8. ‘He said all competitions or tournaments that were scheduled to take place this weekend should go ahead as arranged.’
  9. ‘Can you foresee a time when gaming tournaments rival sports championships in terms of audience interest and ratings?’
  10. ‘The two-set victory left May and Walsh as the only team that have not dropped a single game in the tournament.’
  11. ‘South Africa have competed at the last two World Cup tournaments and three African Nations Cup finals.’
  12. ‘In this
  13. the first game of the tournament
  14. the North West take on the Midlands.’
  15. ‘The Greeks proved in the European Championships that winning games
  16. and tournaments
  17. needn't be a pretty spectacle now.’
  18. ‘But it was a false dawn because they haven't won a game at the tournament since.’
  19. ‘I like big events and know how to prepare for and focus on big games and tournaments.’
  20. ‘Activities will include tennis coaching
  21. co-ordination games
  22. multi sport tournaments and lots more.’
  23. ‘In 14 World Cup games in five previous tournaments Korea had not won a match.’
  24. ‘In fact
  25. they lost all their games in both tournaments by cricket scores.’
  26. ‘Myself and the lads I worked with would all swap shifts and take alternate weekends off
  27. which was great because it allowed me to compete in tournaments.’
  28. ‘These days
  29. you need to take breaks and rejuvenate yourself
  30. because the tournaments are getting more competitive.’
  31. ‘At the time
  32. teams competed in both tournaments
  33. and both were equally important.’