{
    "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."
}