tournament bracket

collocation in English

meaningsoftournamentandbracket

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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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bracket
noun
uk
/ˈbræk.ɪt/us
/ˈbræk.ɪt/
either of two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the ...
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(Definition oftournamentandbracketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The filling out of atournamentbrackethas been referred to as a national pastime.
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Thetournamentbracketalso expanded for the first time, from 8 teams to 16 teams.
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The season saw the continuation of the wildcard format and 14-mantournamentbracket.
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The player with the fewest points was eliminated from thetournamentbracket.
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Final judging for the competition has varied but usually involves atournamentbracket.
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The teammates went head-to-head in a voting competition to see which player would qualify for the actualtournamentbracket.
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Thetournamentbracketconsisted of a single-elimination contest where the team with the most wins moves to the next round culminating in a gold match.
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The eight remaining players competed in atournamentbracketsingle elimination format.
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This is a standard-eliminationtournamentbracketstarting with alliance 1 facing alliance 8, alliance 2 facing alliance 7, and so on.
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However, a slight change was introduced in 2007 where atournamentbracketis introduced from the quarter-final stage to prevent players being forced into playing long back-to-back matches.
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Filling out atournamentbracketwith predictions is called the practice of bracketology and sports programming during the tournament is rife with commentators comparing the accuracy of their predictions.
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Thetournamentbracketwill still include the top eight regular season finishers, but the first and second seeds will receive double byes and begin play in the semifinal round.
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The tournament brackets are made up of six teams from each of the league's two conferences, following the end of the regular season.
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Thetournamentbracketconsisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match.
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In other sports, district competition is set up like a more traditionaltournamentbracketat the end of the regular season.
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Thetournamentbracketconsisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match and a single bronze medal bout.
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For the first time, the top four teams from the regular season were seeded nationally for thetournamentbracket.
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Both qualifying and finals rounds incorporate the normal one-on-one set-up of players going head-to-head on an outdoor court, using a single eliminationtournamentbracket.
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