championship
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
championship (countable and uncountable, plural championships)
- (sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- The position of champion, or winner.
- Defense or support of some cause.
- His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
competition to determine a champion
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position of champion, or winner
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Cebuano
Etymology
Compared to the preceding days, being the night before the burial, the night where most people show up in a wake.
Noun
championship
Usage notes
- Most wakes last up to nine days, equal to the number of novena days. They may last longer or briefer depending on the family's wishes or reasons.