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{
"term": "champion",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person, team, etc. that has won a competition, especially in a sport",
"sensetop": "champion of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **world/European/national/Olympic champion**"
},
{
"text": "the **defending champion** *(= the person who was champion the last time and is trying to be champion again)*"
},
{
"text": "the **reigning champion** *(= the person who is champion now)*"
},
{
"text": "the world basketball champions"
},
{
"text": "a champion sprinter/boxer/swimmer"
},
{
"text": "He became the youngest US Open champion for 88 years."
},
{
"text": "the **heavyweight champion** of the world",
"contextForm": "champion of something"
},
{
"text": "a former Italian **champion jockey**"
},
{
"text": "the Commonwealth Games champion in the 5 000 metres"
},
{
"text": "They were champions at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix."
},
{
"text": "The reigning champion will defend her title tonight."
},
{
"text": "The two winners will move onto a one-game final to determine the champion."
},
{
"text": "He was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world."
},
{
"text": "She is a former Olympic skating champion."
},
{
"text": "The double world sprint champion has announced his retirement."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "supreme", "true"],
"verb + champion": ["become", "be crowned", "be named"],
"champion + verb": ["defend her/his title"],
"champion + noun": ["fighter", "jockey", "sprinter"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who fights for, or speaks in support of, a group of people or a belief",
"sensetop": "champion (of something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was a long-term champion of animal rights and environmental protection."
},
{
"text": "He became a leading champion for victims of miscarriages of justice."
},
{
"text": "She became best known as a vigorous champion of the rail link."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæmpiən/",
"audio": "ch/champion/champion__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæmpiən/",
"audio": "ch/champion/champion__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a fighting man): from Old French, from medieval Latin campio(n-) ‘fighter’, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill."
}