Contest/competition/game/match/meet/event/tournament/championship

contest— a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc. compete and attempt to win

competition- 1) a contest in which a winner is selected from among two or more entrants

e.g. Are you thinking of entering the fishing competition?

2) a series of games, sports, events, etc.

e.g. qualification competition

game (AmE)/match (BrE) –1) a contest with rules

e.g. Today's baseball game is very important.

2) a single period of play in a contest, sport, etc.

3) a single contest in a series, match

e.g. cup/final/semi-final match

4) (pl.; often capitalized) an event consisting of various sporting contests, esp. in athletics

e.g. Olympic Games, Highland Games

meet (AmE)/meeting (BrE) - a formal game or sports event in which people, teams, etc. compete to win

e.g. The ail-American track meet is scheduled for Saturday.

an exhibition meet, a boxing meet

(sport) event — any contest in a program of sporting or other contests e.g. The high jump is his event.

big/major event

tournament— 1) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner

e.g. Laura has never actually won a professional golf tournament but she still earns a good living by playing.

2) a meeting for athletic or other sporting contestants e.g. an archery tournament, a chess tournament, a tennis tournament

championship— any of various contests held to determine a champion in a particular sport

e.g. Lendi was knocked out in the first round of the US Open tennis championship.

Bout/half/innings/period/round/run/set

bout — a boxing or wrestling or sumo contest

half - (in soccer) either of two equal periods of time into which a sports game is divided

e.g. No goals were scored in the first half. innings - 1) (in cricket) a time during which a team or single player is batting

e.g. England made 25 runs in their first innings. 2) (in baseball) a time during which one team is batting

e.g. After four innings the score remains 1-1.

period— (in boxing) a definite, timed part of a game

e.g. a rest between two periods

round— (in golf, boxing) a stage in a contest, competition e.g. a qualified round, to play a round of golf

The fight lasted only five rounds. Norwich were knocked out in the third round of the Cup.

run- a point scored in cricket or baseball

e.g. He was in for twenty minutes before scoring his first run. Our

team won by 87 runs.

set- (in a tennis match) a group of six or more games forming part of a match

e.g. She won the first set easily. A five-set match.

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