championshipnoun
uk/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/us/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/championship noun (COMPETITION)
B1 [ C ] a high-level competition to decide who is the best, especially in a sport:
the British Diving Championship
The world championships will be held in Scotland next year.
He has been playing championship tennis for three years now.
[ C ] the position of being a champion:
She has held the championship for the past three years.
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- Graham was cock-a-hoop when Hibs won the championship.
- This decisive defeat puts them out of contention for this year's championship finals.
- Sheila won this cup in the school squash championship.
- The Davis Cup is an important international tennis championship.
- Two top athletes have been disqualified from the championship after positive drug tests.
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Competitions, & parts of competitions
- battle
- battle of wits idiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- clash
- European night
- exhibition match
- friendly
- handicap
- kickabout
- ladder
- meeting
- nip
- one-horse race
- race
- race meeting
- Rafferty's rules
- the Premier League
- winning post
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Winners & losers
championship noun (SUPPORT)
[ U ] the support someone gives to a person, belief, right, or principle
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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