seeding
/ˈsidɪŋ/
ranking competitors to determine tournament matchups
seeding in a sentence
“The top seed receives a favorable draw.”
Origin of seeding
From seed, metaphor of planting competitors in brackets
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a tournament structure showing matchups and progression
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