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Vinony

championship

noun

  1. various forms of competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion
  2. lend aid, credence to
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/

name

  1. the EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English football)
  2. the Scottish Championship (the second-highest division of Scottish football)

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English championship From champion + -ship.

  1. A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
  2. The position of champion, or winner.
  3. Defense or support of some cause.

    “His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit.”

    “They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.”