{
    "term": "championship",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the National Basketball Association Championship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He won a silver medal at the European Championships."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's won the championship for the third time in a row."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I saw him play at last year's tennis championship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over thirty children will compete in the swimming championships."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has won four major championships in the last five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The championships are to be held in Rome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the teams in the championship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He needs to gain maximum points at the two remaining championship races."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the World Sports Car Championship"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["major", "international", "national"],
                "verb + championship": ["hold", "host", "compete in"],
                "championship + verb": ["take place"],
                "championship + noun": ["bout", "fight", "final"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the championship", "in a/​the championship"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the position of being a champion",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They've held the championship for the past two years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She managed to retain the championship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who holds the championship at the moment?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Red Sox celebrated their championship with an extraordinary four-hour parade."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This match will be crucial to Kent's hopes of retaining the County championship."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + championship": ["hold", "capture", "claim"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the football (soccer) league in England and Wales that has the second best teams in it, after the Premier League",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæmpiənʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ch/championship/championship__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæmpiənʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ch/championship/championship__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}