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champions

champions is the third-person singular simple present indicative of champion.

champions is the plural of champion.

Meaning of champion

Verb

champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)

  1. (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
    • While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 49
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.

See all 19 meanings of champion

Phrases with champions

Questions about champions

What is champions the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Champions is the third-person singular simple present indicative of champion.

Words near champions in the dictionary

  1. championized
  2. championizes
  3. championizing
  4. championless
  5. championlike
  6. champions
  7. champions in chief
  8. Champions League
  9. Champions tiebreak
  10. Champions tiebreaks
  11. champions-elect

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