How do you use the word "champion" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "champion" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "champion": The Japanese World Cup champion team came back home flushed with victory. The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.

Champion Meaning

/ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn ongoing winner in a game or contest.

nounSomeone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

Sentence Examples

The Japanese World Cup champion team came back home flushed with victory.

The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.

He defeated the champion in three sets.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

best friend hero

Antonyms:

worst

CEFR Practice Quiz

After winning every match this season, she was declared the undisputed ____ of the tournament.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She is a ____ of human rights and has fought for justice for many.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion 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”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year." — 2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN:

"Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included." — 2012, Sue Watling, Jim Rogers, Social Work in a Digital Society, page 34:

"Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies." — 1938 November 5, Puritan Cordage Mills, “Take a Lesson from a Lily”, in Elmer C. Hole, editor, American Lumberman, volume 65, number 3138, Chicago, page 55:

"There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named the champion for its species, the largest of its kind." — 2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1st edition, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, →LCCN, pages 43–44:

"He [Matthew Olson] was searching for red maple trees to be tapped for syrup as part of the Stockton Maple Project when he came across the new champion tree." — 2022 February 10, Christopher Doyle, “Stockton professor, students discover largest 'champion tree' in New Jersey”, in The Press of Alantic City, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2022:

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