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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the status of being a champion;
- Example: "he held the title for two years"
[syn: championship, title]

2. a competition at which a champion is chosen;

3. the act of providing approval and support;
- Example: "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
[syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Championship \Cham"pi*on*ship\, n.
   State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

championship
    n 1: the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two
         years" [syn: championship, title]
    2: a competition at which a champion is chosen
    3: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
       backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
       progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
       patronage]