Meanings
adjectivepretournament (not comparable)
alternative pre-tournament
- not comparableOccurring before, or in preparation for, a tournament
"I think there's a lot of things I can learn from him," said Kim, who already has modeled his pretournament routine after Woods's.
2009 January 8, Larry Dorman, “With Woods Absent, Youthful Newcomers Prepare to Challenge”, in New York Times
nounpretournament (plural pretournaments)
plural pretournaments · alternative pre-tournament
- alternativeAlternative form of pre-tournament.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishtournament
- Englishpretournament
From pre- + tournament.
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APA
pretournament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretournament
MLA
“pretournament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretournament. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretournament,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretournament.
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