Collocations for "tournament"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tournament" in context.
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tournament
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [basketball, boxing, soccer] tournament
- [won, lost] the tournament
- [a national, an international] tournament
- was [disqualified, eliminated] from the tournament
- was knocked out of the tournament
- advanced through the tournament
- have qualified for the tournament
- reached the [final, semifinal] of the tournament
- is the [first, second] seed in the tournament
- a [round-robin, single-elimination, bracket] tournament
- in the [first, second, final] round of the tournament
- in [Saturday's] tournament
- the defending [champion, winner] of the tournament
- the tournament [winner, champion]
- the tournament [results, rules]
- [set, broke] a tournament record
'tournament' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Canada
- Italy
- amateur
- appetizer
- basketball
- buzz
- chess
- compete
- dart
- dismay
- doubles
- entry
- exit
- expansion
- fencing
- football
- fourth
- friendly
- golf
- great
- humble
- jeopardy
- joint
- lawn
- legend
- making
- national
- opening
- outdoor
- outsider
- pool
- row
- soccer
- sponsorship
- thousand
- underdog
- upset
- winner
- zone