major tournament

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandtournament

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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tournament
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʊə.nə.mənt/us
/ˈtɝː.nə.mənt/
a competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner ...
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(Definition ofmajorandtournamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The available evidence shows that it was not fit even to host a normal match, let alone the final of amajortournament.
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Victory in amajortournamentcan bring happiness to the local community or country.
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This was the third consecutive time this had happened in amajortournament.
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The lastmajortournamentwas held in 1974.
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However, many team sports involve teams in only onemajortournamentper year.
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He participated at his firstmajortournamenta year later.
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He managed to win qualifying matches to advance to the main draw of themajortournament.
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They have never won any major international competitions and had never qualified for amajortournamentuntil 1988.
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He won two of his three group games to finish second in the table and qualify for the last 16 of amajortournamentfor the first time.
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The club has stated that they have no intentions to remove trees or change the layout of the course in order to host amajortournament.
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This was the onlymajortournamenthe played at for his country, owing to the team's failure to qualify for other tournaments.
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Cooper is often classified as the greatest golfer who never won amajortournament.
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Sonneville was 33 and his lastmajortournamentvictories were also about two years old.
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His round of 63, which tied the lowest round in amajortournament, contained eight birdies, an eagle, three bogeys and six pars.
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Beginning in 2003, major poker tournament fields grew dramatically, in part because of the growing popularity of online satellite-qualifier tournaments where the prize is an entry into amajortournament.
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He claimed that while he could not promise amajortournamentin the near future, the team would fight to reach one.
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This opportunity of playing in amajortournamentat a young age gave him a big chance to broaden his career.
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On-the-ice celebration is usually reserved for the winners of amajortournamentafter winning the final game of the championship.
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Just to be clear, it is not the fault of the football authorities that these phenomena occur on the margins of major tournaments.
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In addition to these events, there are other major tournaments throughout the year.
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