round robin
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈraʊnd ˈrɑːbɪn/
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- Thus, participants were only assessed once during their round robin competition.
- round robin tournament
- round robin competition
Examples
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Also, the round-robin tournament would allow for multiple comparisons between teams of differing ability.
Academic text (1995) -
During round-robin competition, records were kept so that selected teams were tested only once.
Academic text (1999) -
The women competed in a round-robin tournament, and each match was played until a team won two out of three games.
Academic text (1996) -
The league involves 14 teams and follows a double round-robin competition format, which means that each team played 26 matches, 13 home and 13 away.
Academic text (2010) -
Serena finished her round-robin routine undefeated and without the loss of a set as the Red Group champion.
Blog text (18) -
On November 19-21, Duquesne will host three teams in a round-robin sub-regional tournament that is part of the Progressive Legends Classic.
Blog text (21) -
Serena Williams dispatched world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 in round-robin play at the year-end WTA Championships played in Istanbul.
Blog text (18) -
In the upcoming round robin tournament, every team will compete against each other in a series of matches.
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The tennis competition was organized as a round robin, allowing each player to face every other participant.
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After the round robin phase, the top four teams advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Synonyms
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1.8
A sports event where teams or players play several games to decide the winner
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6.2
A sports competition where players or teams compete to win
Surface Forms
Morphology
round + robin
The element 'round' (one phase/turn) gives a clear clue about cycles and turn-taking, which partially signals the idea of distributing in order. However, 'robin' contributes no transparent semantic content here (it is lexically unrelated or historically arbitrary), so the full technical sense of a systematic, cyclical assignment cannot be derived reliably by a B1 learner from the constituents alone.
Etymology
Round robin for a tournament comes from the idea of playing in rounds so everyone meets everyone else. Imagine players going around a circle and facing each opponent in turn; that's why it means 'a competition where each contestant plays every other'.