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round robin n

Round robin means a competition in which each participant or team plays every other participant or team. Explore the term's definition, IPA/phonetic pronunciation, and usage examples.

Definition of round robin

  • a competition in which each participant or team plays every other participant or team

Usage examples of round robin

The chess club used a round robin so every player faced each opponent.

In the round-robin stage, each team earns points from several matches.

Because it was a round robin, no team was eliminated after one loss.

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