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championship

[ cham-pee-uhn-ship ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the distinction or condition of being a champion:
to win a championship.
advocacy or defense:
championship of the underdog.
championships, a series of competitions or contests to determine a champion:
the tennis championships.

championship

/ ˈtʃæmpɪənˌʃɪp /

First recorded in 1815–25; champion + -ship

Five years later she would be the first woman to win a Monster Jam Finals Championship in the freestyle category.

The Senate Majority Leader, a former boxer, was accused of trying to help the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

We certainly should not hold a ticker-tape parade for anybody else before then, no matter who wins what championship.

Maybe if there were a national championship on the line, things might be different.

On the way to the 1996 World Series, the Yankees met the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.

Happily, if only incidentally, such self-defence involved the championship of the independence of Scotland.

Well, this only shows our valiant disregard of danger, our readiness of initiative, our championship of forlorn hopes.

Bob's championship saved her from that, and, thereafter, school changed straightway for June.

Celia had dwelt with pride on her father's championship of their cause.

They could find no other solution to her championship of the Parson.

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