See Also: CHAMPION(law)
Champion Air(tourism)
champion(2)(dictionary)
champion(1)(dictionary)
Champion(money)
CHAMPION TECH(finance)
champion 1, noun(dictionary)
champion 2, verb(dictionary)
Champion Air flights(tourism)
CHAMPION Credit Union(finance)

internationalize (oh) and champion(1) (iou)


internationalize (oh)



to make something international or bring it under international control
-- internationalization /7IntEnAFEnElaI5zeIFEn ?@ 7IntErnAFEnElE-/ n [U]

champion(1) (iou)



champion noun1, adjective1, & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin campio(n-), from Latin campus CAMP noun2. Cf. CAMP noun1.]
A. noun.
A fighting man; a stout fighter. arch. ME.
A person who fights, argues, etc., on behalf of another or for a cause. ME.
J. R. Ackerley A formidable champion of the rights of her own sex.
An athlete, boxer, etc., who has defeated all competitors; an overall winner of a series of competitions; an animal, a plant, etc., adjudged to be superior to all others in a show. E18.
G. Green West Germany became the world champions against all the odds.
Phrases: King's Champion, Queen's Champion, champion of England a hereditary official who offers to defend a new monarch's title to the crown at his or her coronation. seven champions: see SEVEN adjective.
b. adjective. That is a champion (esp. sense 3); that has been adjudged to be superior in competition; colloq. first-rate, splendid. E19.
J. M. Synge They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World. K. A. Porter An English bulldog of champion stock.
C. adverb. Splendidly. colloq. & dial. E20.
W. Deeping We get on champion.
championess noun (now rare) a female champion L16.
championship noun (a) the position or title of champion in a competition; a competition for this; (b) advocacy, defence: E19.