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# championship

noun (a championship, championships)

«championship» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A competition to find the best player or team in a sport or game: «the world championship». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#m1)
2. The title or position of being the champion: «She won the championship.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#m2)
3. (formal) Strong support for a cause: «his championship of animal rights». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PE and sports news, championships are big tournaments: the World Championships, the Six Nations championship (rugby), the Championship (the second English football league). In everyday life there are school chess or spelling championships. Phrases: «win the championship», «championship title».

### Examples

- Our team won the county championship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x1)
- The swimming championship lasts three days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x2)
- She is training for the world championship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x3)
- The school chess championship is on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x4)
- They lost in the final of the championship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x5)
- Leeds played in the Championship last season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/#x6)

### Note

champion + -ship. Countable. «The Championship» with a capital C is the name of an English football league. Related: champion (the winner), champ (informal).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «championship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/championship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«championship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/championship.html) on Mova free.