Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defending champion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
de-fend-ing cham-pi-on
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

individual or team who won the most recent edition of a tournament or competition and is participating in the current event to retain that title

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

defending champions (plural)

Questions

What does defending champion mean?
individual or team who won the most recent edition of a tournament or competition and is participating in the current event to retain that title

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