CHAMPIONSHIP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does championship mean? 

• CHAMPIONSHIP (noun)
  The noun CHAMPIONSHIP has 3 senses:

1. the status of being a champion

2. a competition at which a champion is chosen

3. the act of providing approval and support

  Familiarity information: CHAMPIONSHIP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMPIONSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The status of being a champion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

championship; title

Context example:

he held the title for two years

Hypernyms ("championship" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "championship"):

triple crown ((baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs)

triple crown ((horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A competition at which a champion is chosen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("championship" is a kind of...):

competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of providing approval and support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

backing; backup; championship; patronage

Context example:

his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives

Hypernyms ("championship" is a kind of...):

approval; approving; blessing (the formal act of approving)

 Context examples 

Sir Charles Tregellis’s selection is limited to men below twenty or above thirty-five years of age, so as to exclude Belcher and the other candidates for championship honours.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You will restrain any demonstrative championship or vengeance in this place, of course, Mr. Copperfield?” said she, looking over her shoulder at me with the same expression.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I believe that there is a fighting-man named Harrison here, who at one time might have held the championship.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the same time, I must say that the generosity of her championship of poor harmless Mr. Dick, not only inspired my young breast with some selfish hope for myself, but warmed it unselfishly towards her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And then, when at last this question was set aside, that of the rival claims to championships at different weights came on in its stead, and again angry words flew about and challenges were in the air.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)