championship

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp//
//ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.tʃɪp//

A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

noun

1
A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
2
The position of champion, or winner.
3
Defense or support of some cause.
His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit.
They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English championship From champion + -ship.

Forms

plural: championships

Champagne · A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir…champion · An ongoing winner in a game or contest.Champion · A surname.

championship · A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

Championship · the EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English…chan · An IRC channel.Chan · A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

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