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Definition of championship in English: championshipnoun ˈtʃampɪənʃɪpˈtʃæmpiənˌʃɪp 1A contest for the position of champion in a sport or game. the final round of the championship will be in Japan the team's final match before the European championships with modifier the world chess championship as modifier a championship course Example sentencesExamples - He thought he had got their attention when he made the World championship semifinals.
- A victory will give one side a considerable edge in the championship race but defeat won't be the end for the loser.
- The next long course championships for most of our swimmers will be the Commonwealth Games next year.
- But we lost both matches in the championship and the league, and I didn't enjoy that one bit.
- A world championship biking event is coming to England for the first time and will be staged in the local area.
- Zambia has met Egypt in the final qualifier of the biennial championship and will play the first leg at home.
- Last night's final in a rainy Stade de France was Campbell's eighth race of the championship.
- Apart from the fine display of hurling this was also one of the real sporting games of the championship.
- I remember he came back for the championship game and the coach put him in and I was really upset.
- So my aim in the Asian championship was to play games that would be entertaining to the spectators.
- It is an almost perfect match-up, which could produce the game of the championship.
- Things are a little different here, as I was to see in one of my first championship matches.
- Indeed they had already kicked more points than in any other game of the championship.
- Leicester move into fourth place but still have a lot of work to do to seal their place in the championship play-offs.
- The winner of each division would meet in a championship game at the end of the season.
- Since then the pair have travelled the country competing in the championship's monthly race meetings.
- Surely the old master will accept, double him straight back and win the game and the championship?
- For the first time, an NFL championship game would be decided in sudden-death overtime.
- She had won three national championships and a bronze medal in the Balkan Championships.
- Walkden now need only one point from their remaining four games to clinch the championship.
Synonyms competition, contest, series, meeting, meet, event, match, trial, bout, fixture - 1.1 The position or title of the winner of a championship contest.
Louise Gibson retained the women's championship Example sentencesExamples - They won seven Mid Ulster titles, seven Ulster titles and three Irish championships.
- This allowed Stirling to go on to add the title to his Bishopscourt championship.
- McCoy is cruising to his seventh consecutive jockey's championship.
- Menlo College, who was ranked fourth in the division, captured the championship for the first time ever.
- Their defence of the Scottish championship may be surrendered before they kick another ball.
- The two rivals have been engaged in previous tough tussles for the national championship title.
- Two years ago its players created history, capturing the county championship for the first time ever.
- What a sensational way to win a first ever county minor football championship title.
- These two titles in Barcelona take his world championship tally of titles to five.
- He then captured the jockeys' championship in his second season with a record of 182 winners.
- Celtic fulfilled a fixture and moved towards a successful defence of their championship yesterday.
- And he netted the first goal against Manchester City to clinch the league championship at Maine Road in 1960.
- We did not manage to defend our championship title, but this tournament was really outstanding.
- Petter Solberg clinched his first world rally championship by winning the Wales Rally GB on Sunday.
- If you are here playing for Rangers you are expected to deliver trophies and the most important one is the championship.
- Although he has won the Pike Hills Scratch Trophy several times, the club championship had eluded him in the past.
- In 1964 he captured the heavyweight championship for the first time in a surprising sixth-round technical knockout of Sonny Liston.
- There's no doubting the raw materials they have to construct a championship contender.
- So what drives them on in search of their fourth national championship title?
- The Laois housewife and mother won yet another senior national cross-country championship at the Aer Lingus Sports Centre on Sunday.
Synonyms first place, crown, belt, medal, prize, trophy, cup, shield, plate - 1.2 The second division of professional soccer in England and Wales.
2mass noun The vigorous support or defence of a person or cause. Alan's championship of his estranged wife Example sentencesExamples - When C. P. Scott died, the innumerable tributes to him all emphasized his courage and integrity, his humanitarianism and his championship of unpopular causes.
- Such people are not notable for their championship of libertarian causes outside the economic field.
- That would at least be in line with his long-established championship of lost causes.
Synonyms adoption, embracing, taking up, taking to, taking to one's heart, enthusiastic reception, wholehearted reception, acceptance, welcome Definition of championship in US English: championshipnounˈtʃæmpiənˌʃɪpˈCHampēənˌSHip 1A contest for the position of champion in a sport, often involving a series of games or matches. Example sentencesExamples - Walkden now need only one point from their remaining four games to clinch the championship.
- Leicester move into fourth place but still have a lot of work to do to seal their place in the championship play-offs.
- For the first time, an NFL championship game would be decided in sudden-death overtime.
- The winner of each division would meet in a championship game at the end of the season.
- But we lost both matches in the championship and the league, and I didn't enjoy that one bit.
- Since then the pair have travelled the country competing in the championship's monthly race meetings.
- Things are a little different here, as I was to see in one of my first championship matches.
- It is an almost perfect match-up, which could produce the game of the championship.
- She had won three national championships and a bronze medal in the Balkan Championships.
- I remember he came back for the championship game and the coach put him in and I was really upset.
- Apart from the fine display of hurling this was also one of the real sporting games of the championship.
- The next long course championships for most of our swimmers will be the Commonwealth Games next year.
- Last night's final in a rainy Stade de France was Campbell's eighth race of the championship.
- Zambia has met Egypt in the final qualifier of the biennial championship and will play the first leg at home.
- Indeed they had already kicked more points than in any other game of the championship.
- A world championship biking event is coming to England for the first time and will be staged in the local area.
- He thought he had got their attention when he made the World championship semifinals.
- Surely the old master will accept, double him straight back and win the game and the championship?
- So my aim in the Asian championship was to play games that would be entertaining to the spectators.
- A victory will give one side a considerable edge in the championship race but defeat won't be the end for the loser.
Synonyms competition, contest, series, meeting, meet, event, match, trial, bout, fixture - 1.1 The position or title of winner in a contest or sport.
Example sentencesExamples - We did not manage to defend our championship title, but this tournament was really outstanding.
- Petter Solberg clinched his first world rally championship by winning the Wales Rally GB on Sunday.
- Two years ago its players created history, capturing the county championship for the first time ever.
- The two rivals have been engaged in previous tough tussles for the national championship title.
- Menlo College, who was ranked fourth in the division, captured the championship for the first time ever.
- Celtic fulfilled a fixture and moved towards a successful defence of their championship yesterday.
- He then captured the jockeys' championship in his second season with a record of 182 winners.
- The Laois housewife and mother won yet another senior national cross-country championship at the Aer Lingus Sports Centre on Sunday.
- In 1964 he captured the heavyweight championship for the first time in a surprising sixth-round technical knockout of Sonny Liston.
- This allowed Stirling to go on to add the title to his Bishopscourt championship.
- What a sensational way to win a first ever county minor football championship title.
- There's no doubting the raw materials they have to construct a championship contender.
- And he netted the first goal against Manchester City to clinch the league championship at Maine Road in 1960.
- They won seven Mid Ulster titles, seven Ulster titles and three Irish championships.
- So what drives them on in search of their fourth national championship title?
- These two titles in Barcelona take his world championship tally of titles to five.
- Although he has won the Pike Hills Scratch Trophy several times, the club championship had eluded him in the past.
- If you are here playing for Rangers you are expected to deliver trophies and the most important one is the championship.
- Their defence of the Scottish championship may be surrendered before they kick another ball.
- McCoy is cruising to his seventh consecutive jockey's championship.
Synonyms first place, crown, belt, medal, prize, trophy, cup, shield, plate
2The vigorous support or defense of someone or something. Alan's championship of his estranged wife Example sentencesExamples - When C. P. Scott died, the innumerable tributes to him all emphasized his courage and integrity, his humanitarianism and his championship of unpopular causes.
- That would at least be in line with his long-established championship of lost causes.
- Such people are not notable for their championship of libertarian causes outside the economic field.
Synonyms adoption, embracing, taking up, taking to, taking to one's heart, enthusiastic reception, wholehearted reception, acceptance, welcome |