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⏳ Before a tournament 🏟️ A warm-up event
pretournament

pretournament

4.4
Happening before a tournament starts
  • adjective
  • /priːˈtʊrnəmənt/
translation icon : previo al torneo
  • The coach scheduled a pretournament practice to help the players prepare.

Examples

  • All teams must submit their rosters at the pretournament meeting.

  • They discussed their strategy during a pretournament briefing.

  • The pretournament meeting was essential for all teams.

  • Many players attended the pretournament briefing yesterday.

  • The coach scheduled a pretournament practice to help the players prepare.

  • All teams must submit their rosters at the pretournament meeting.

  • They discussed their strategy during a pretournament briefing.

Synonyms

precontest
vspretournament
4.2

Taking place before a contest to help people get ready

is narrower, used only before a tournament begins
precompetitive
vspretournament
6.9

Happening before a competition to help people prepare and warm up

is limited to the time just before a tournament starts

Surface Forms

pretournament positive

Morphology

pretournament = tournament (transparent) = pre + tournament

The adjective is a straightforward pre-formation meaning 'before the tournament' and is readily inferable from the base noun.

Etymology

Pretournament is made from the prefix pre- ('before') and the word tournament ('a competition'). So pretournament describes something that happens before the tournament starts.