world champion

collocation in English

meaningsofworldandchampion

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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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champion
adjective
exclamation
uk
/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən/us
/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən/
excellent
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(Definition ofworldandchampionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has beenworldchampionon three successive occasions.
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He was a superb counter-puncher and should have beenworldchampion.
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America is nearly theworldchampionin the number of days lost in strikes per million workers.
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Flanders is something of aworldchampionin this field; we are right at the top.
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Kaliesha successfully moved up to the next weight division to become a two divisionworldchampion.
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The acrobat's sister, a formerworldchampionhammer-thrower who loved to scare small children, has arranged their performance.
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The winner of the constructor's world championship is not necessarily the bike used by the riders'worldchampion.
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She became aworldchampionwith a jump of 2.05 m.
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He is a multipleworldchampionin quizzing and one of the world's most successful quiz players.
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Thorsen is three timesworldchampionin "double sculls".
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He broke nine world records, five individually, and also was a doubleworldchampion.
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In 1976, they finally met, this time,worldchampionvs.worldchampion.
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There is an official winner of each age category with the winner of the senior category being the overallworldchampion.
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She also for a time held the world record, 138.0 kg, set when she becameworldchampionin 2003.
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He became the youngestworldchampion, aged 18 years 177 days.
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Koskela was 0.14 seconds too late to becomeworldchampion, however.
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He was a juniorworldchampionin 2001, and national mountain bike champion in 2007.
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Tweddle is a tripleworldchampion, having won on uneven bars in 2006, floor in 2009, and uneven bars again in 2010.
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That made him the oldest swimmingworldchampionsince 1971.
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He is a 19-timeworldchampionand 11 all-around titles, three in tie-down roping, three in steer roping and one in tie-down roping.
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