championship
/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/
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championship noun: a competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
Noun
championship (countable and uncountable, plural championships)
- A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- The position of champion, or winner.
- 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.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Championship
Championship
- the EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English football)
- the Scottish Championship (the second-highest division of Scottish football)
championship meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
championship in Tamil
- போட்டி, வாகை, வாகைநிலை
championship in Urdu
- میر میدانی
championship in Bengali
- প্রাধান্য, রক্ষকত্ব
championship in Kannada
- ಆಟಗಳ ಕೂಟ, ಆಟೋಟ
More languagesFewer languages
- championship in Malay
- kejohanan
- championship in Indonesian
- kejuaraan
- championship in Vietnamese
- chức vô địch
Examples of championship in a sentence
- Winning the championship brought the team immense accolade from sports analysts worldwide.
- The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
- Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
Forms of championship
| plural | championships |
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Origin of championship
From champion + -ship.
Words formed from championship
Questions about championship
- What does championship mean?
- Championship means a competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- What is championship in Tamil?
- Championship in Tamil is போட்டி, வாகை, வாகைநிலை. See Championship meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is championship?
- Championship can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce championship?
- Championship is pronounced /ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/.
- What is the plural of championship?
- The plural of championship is championships.
Words near championship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: championship (page history and authors); Championship (page history and authors); championship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); championship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); championship (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); championship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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