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seeded

5.5

Placed in a tournament draw by rank to avoid top opponents early

adjective
/ˈsiːdɪd/

Jargon

: preclasificado

In the tournament, the top players were seeded to ensure they would not face each other until the later stages.

Examples

She was seeded first in the competition due to her impressive performance last year.
The champion was seeded high, making her a favorite to win the first few rounds without facing tough opponents.
And Bill Wong is one of the people seeded by Julian Robertson.

Antonyms

unseeded

5.5

A player or team not given a ranking in a tournament

Compounds

seeded player

Jargon

1 4.4

A player ranked among the best in a tournament who is placed to avoid other top players early

black-seeded

4.6

A plant or seed variety that has black seeds

prickly-seeded spinach

Indian

8.6

A leafy green plant with small prickly seeds that people grow for its tender dark leaves used in cooking

seeded raisin

4.5

A raisin that still has its hard seed inside

three-seeded mercury

9.8

A small weed with round leaves that grows in open disturbed ground in North America

several-seeded

4.2

Having several seeds inside a fruit or pod

small-seeded

4.4

A plant or crop with smaller parts inside its fruit than other kinds

white-seeded

5.2

A plant variety that has white seeds, like some beans or grains

How Seeded

seeded

Jargon

5.5

unseeded

5.5

Surface Forms

seeded positive

Morphology

seeded = seed (semi-transparent) = seed + ed

Derived from the metaphorical noun 'seed' (a placement) with the participial/adjectival '-ed'; the metaphorical shift to ranking is not fully predictable from the agricultural sense for all learners.

Etymology

The word seeded comes from the idea of a seed as something small put in place to 'grow'. In sports or tournaments, players are seeded when they are placed in the schedule so top teams do not meet each other in the early rounds.