Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).

    eintreten für

    защища́тьzaščiščátʹ, отста́иватьotstáivatʹ

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To challenge.

More definitions
  • protect or fight for as a champion

Examples

145 sentences

  1. He is a potential world champion.

    Він потенційний чемпіон світу. — deniko

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  2. We are the champions.

    Ми чемпіони. — deniko

    ruМы чемпионы. — odexed

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  3. Tom is the champion.

    Том чемпіон. — deniko

    ruТом чемпион. — odexed

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  4. We're the champions.

    Ми чемпіони. — deniko

    ruМы чемпионы. — odexed

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  5. I played against the champion.

    Я грав з чемпіоном. — deniko

    ruЯ сыграл с чемпионом. — Lathean

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to advocate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to advocate:

Origin

From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“comb

From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).

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Forms

champions, championing, championed, championed
Base formchampion · to champion
3rd person singularchampions
Present participlechampioning
Past simplechampioned
Past participlechampioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychampion
he, she, itchampions

Past simpleLesson

all personschampioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave championed
he, she, ithas championed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill champion

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • protect or fight for as a champion:defend

Word family

1 related words
Derivedchampioner

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
champchampagneA2championshipA2champoradochanceA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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