seedings
Initial bracket positions
Seedings are the rankings assigned to competitors in a tournament, determining their placement in the bracket to prevent top contenders from meeting in early rounds.
The term also refers to acts of planting seeds: The seedings in the north field went well this year.
In sports contexts, seedings shape expectations: The committee announced the seedings for March Madness.
Support or category
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
- drawCreate with pencil
- qualifierWord or phrase limiting meaning
- wildcardUnpredictable factor in play
round-robin · knockout · bye · playoff · championship · elimination · quarterfinal · semifinal
Seed's initial growth phase
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- drillingHole-making by rotation
nursery · propagation · thinning · spacing · rows · furrows · soil preparation · growing season
Alternating field plantings yearly
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
acreage · yield · fertilizer · monoculture · organic farming · horticulture · husbandry · greenhouse
Founding moment
- genesisPoint of creation
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
origin · nascence · infancy · launch · kickoff · starting point · embryonic · fledgling
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- cross-pollinationFertilization between different plants
self-pollination · germplasm · viability · fecundity · ovule · pollen · hybridization · breeding
bracket
Support or category
wildcard · round-robin · knockout · bye · playoff · championship · elimination · quarterfinal · semifinal · upset
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
drilling · nursery · propagation · thinning · spacing · rows · furrows · soil preparation · growing season · sprouting
crop rotation
Alternating field plantings yearly
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
tillage · acreage · yield · fertilizer · monoculture · organic farming · horticulture · husbandry · greenhouse · cover crops
inception
Founding moment
- genesisPoint of creation
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- foundationUnderlying support structure
groundwork · origin · nascence · infancy · launch · kickoff · starting point · embryonic · fledgling · budding
pollination
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- reproductionCopying or procreation
cross-pollination · self-pollination · germplasm · viability · fecundity · ovule · pollen · hybridization · breeding · genetic diversity
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- tournamentstournament, tournaments, bracket, brackets, tournament brackets
- Grand Slamsgrand slam, Wimbledon, French Open, US Open, Roland Garros
- tournament bracketsbracket, bye, matchup, matchups, round
- Euroleague BasketballEuroLeague, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Final Four, Bayern Munich
- cloud seedingArtificially inducing rainfall
- direct seedingSowing where plants grow
- grass seedingPlanting lawn from scratch