championship
/ˈtʃampɪənʃɪp
/noun
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...
- 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.
- Apart from the fine display of hurling this was also one of the real sporting games of the championship.
1.1The position or title of the winner of a championship contest: Louise Gibson retained the women’s championship...
- This allowed Stirling to go on to add the title to his Bishopscourt championship.
- The two rivals have been engaged in previous tough tussles for the national championship title.
- These two titles in Barcelona take his world championship tally of titles to five.
1.2 (the Championship) The second division of professional soccer in England and Wales.
2 [mass noun] The vigorous support or defence of a person or cause: Alan’s championship of his estranged wife...
- 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.
- When C. P. Scott died, the innumerable tributes to him all emphasized his courage and integrity, his humanitarianism and his championship of unpopular causes.