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subchampionship

/ˈsʌbˌtʃæmpiənʃɪp/

subchampionship noun: a secondary or subsidiary level of competition within a larger championship structure. It signifies a championship that exists below the main or primary championship.

Noun

subchampionship (plural subchampionships)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary level of competition within a larger championship structure. It signifies a championship that exists below the main or primary championship.
    • In martial arts tournaments, there might be weight class championships. While a significant achievement, winning a specific weight class might be seen as a subchampionship compared to winning an overall “grand champion” title that pits winners from different weight classes against each other.
    • Television officials, by favoring big punchers and boxers untarnished by numerous defeats, undermined the system of gradual skill development in local clubs and severely decreased the admission-paying audience of subchampionship bouts.2005, Mitchell K. Hall, Crossroads: American Popular Culture and the Vietnam Generation, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, page 21

Examples of subchampionship in a sentence

  • Even so, the team took home the subchampionship, the highest accolade a Colombian team had managed in the event.2014, Daniel Grady, Mario Yepes (Superstars of Soccer), Simon and Schuster, page 15:
  • In addition to chaining three national subchampionships, it won the 1993 national cup and it reached the 1994 LEN Cup Winners' Cup's final, lost to ASP Pescara.2024 February 13, Wikipedia contributors, “CE Mediterrani”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

Forms of subchampionship

pluralsubchampionships

Origin of subchampionship

From sub- + championship.

Questions about subchampionship

What does subchampionship mean?
Subchampionship means a secondary or subsidiary level of competition within a larger championship structure. It signifies a championship that exists below the main or primary championship.
How do you use subchampionship in a sentence?
Even so, the team took home the subchampionship, the highest accolade a Colombian team had managed in the event.
What part of speech is subchampionship?
Subchampionship is a noun.
How do you pronounce subchampionship?
Subchampionship is pronounced /ˈsʌbˌtʃæmpiənʃɪp/.
What is the plural of subchampionship?
The plural of subchampionship is subchampionships.

Words near subchampionship in the dictionary

  1. subchairmen
  2. subchallenge
  3. subchallenges
  4. subchamber
  5. subchambers
  6. subchampionship
  7. subchampionships
  8. subchannel
  9. subchanneled
  10. subchannels
  11. subchanter

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