ladder tournament

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noun Sports.

a tournament in which the entrants are listed by name and rank, advancement being by means of challenging and defeating an entrant ranked one or two places higher.

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How to use ladder tournament in a sentence

Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2006, Wahlberg participated in the Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf Tournament, an annual fundraiser.
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The tournament itself is like the second season of a reality show.
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Collins said that most of her knowledge is from “here and there,” so there was no need to cram before the tournament.
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Some of the rescuers took elevators to the top floor and continued up to the roof via a straight ladder.
Rescue at One World Trade Center|Michael Daly|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
It was no sooner accomplished, than Ripperda was on the top of the ladder, and in a few seconds by his side.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
No, he was a hard-headed Scotchman, full of ability and work, and as a railway manager stood at the top of the ladder.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He said they would be unable to raise the heavy ladder to the tower window; and that was a fact.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
After he had caught her, they were carried up a bamboo ladder by their friends, and sprinkled with water out of a cocoanut shell.
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British Dictionary definitions for ladder tournament

ladder tournament

noun

a tournament in a sport or game in which each contestant in a list attempts to defeat and displace the contestant above himAlso called: ladder

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