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tournament
Noun
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A tournament is a series of games until a winner is decided.
A lot of sports fans are looking forward to the college basketball championship tournament.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
town
Noun
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A small city.
She went to a town called Beaverton.
People from England call London "town".