Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to champion
Participle: championed
Gerund: championing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | champion |
| you | champion |
| he;she;it | champions |
| we | champion |
| you | champion |
| they | champion |
Perfect
| I | have championed |
| you | have championed |
| he;she;it | has championed |
| we | have championed |
| you | have championed |
| they | have championed |
Past
| I | championed |
| you | championed |
| he;she;it | championed |
| we | championed |
| you | championed |
| they | championed |
Pluperfect
| I | had championed |
| you | had championed |
| he;she;it | had championed |
| we | had championed |
| you | had championed |
| they | had championed |
Future
| I | will champion |
| you | will champion |
| he;she;it | will champion |
| we | will champion |
| you | will champion |
| they | will champion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have championed |
| you | will have championed |
| he;she;it | will have championed |
| we | will have championed |
| you | will have championed |
| they | will have championed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | champion |
| you | champion |
| he;she;it | champion |
| we | champion |
| you | champion |
| they | champion |
Perfect
| I | have championed |
| you | have championed |
| he;she;it | have championed |
| we | have championed |
| you | have championed |
| they | have championed |
Imperfect
| I | championed |
| you | championed |
| he;she;it | championed |
| we | championed |
| you | championed |
| they | championed |
Pluperfect
| I | had championed |
| you | had championed |
| he;she;it | had championed |
| we | had championed |
| you | had championed |
| they | had championed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would champion |
| you | would champion |
| he;she;it | would champion |
| we | would champion |
| you | would champion |
| they | would champion |
Perfect
| I | would have championed |
| you | would have championed |
| he;she;it | would have championed |
| we | would have championed |
| you | would have championed |
| they | would have championed |
Imperative
| you | champion |
| we | Let's champion |
| you | champion |
Verbs conjugated like 'champion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'champion'
champoo,
campaign,
camphor,
capon,
caption,
caution,
chagrin,
chain,
chamois,
champ,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr. champion, from L.L. campio (acc. campionem) "gladiator, combatant in the field," from L. campus "field (of combat)" (see campus). Had been borrowed earlier by O.E. as cempa. The verb "to fight for, defend, protect" is from 1820. Championship is from 1825.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s
5. Proto-Italic *kampos
6. Latin campusbor.
7. Proto-West Germanic *kamp
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
9. Proto-Germanic *-janą
10. Proto-West Germanic *-jan
11. Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
12. Proto-Germanic *-jô
13. Proto-West Germanic *-jō
14. Frankish *kampijōbor.
15. Medieval Latin campiō
16. Old French champiunbor.
17. Middle English champioun
18. English champion
19. 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”).
20. Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
Sample Sentences
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While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide. [2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 49:]