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noun | verb championchampion1 /ˈtʃæmpiən/ ●●● noun ETYMOLOGYchampion1Origin: 1100-1200 Old French Medieval Latin campio ► reigning ... champions the reigning national soccer champions (=the champions right now) 1[countable] a person, team, etc. that has won a competition, especially in sports: the national junior champion in ice skating the reigning national soccer champions (=the champions right now)2a champion of something someone who publicly fights for and defends an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people: Douglas has always been a champion of free speech. [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French, Medieval Latin campio] noun | verb championchampion2 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEchampion |
Present | I, you, we, they | champion | | he, she, it | champions | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | championed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have championed | | he, she, it | has championed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had championed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will champion | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have championed |
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Present | I | am championing | | he, she, it | is championing | | you, we, they | are championing | Past | I, he, she, it | was championing | | you, we, they | were championing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been championing | | he, she, it | has been championing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been championing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be championing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been championing |
to publicly fight for and defend an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people: Purcell championed social programs for the elderly. |