subchampionship
/ˈsʌbˌtʃæmpiənʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A secondary or subsidiary level of competition within a larger championship structure. It signifies a championship that exists below the main or primary championship.
Example Sentences
- "In martial arts tournaments, there might be weight class championships. While a significant achievement, winning a specific weight class might be seen as a subchampionship compared to winning an overall “grand champion” title that pits winners from different weight classes against each other."
- "Television officials, by favoring big punchers and boxers untarnished by numerous defeats, undermined the system of gradual skill development in local clubs and severely decreased the admission-paying audience of subchampionship bouts."
- "Even so, the team took home the subchampionship, the highest accolade a Colombian team had managed in the event."
- "In addition to chaining three national subchampionships, it won the 1993 national cup and it reached the 1994 LEN Cup Winners' Cup's final, lost to ASP Pescara."
Etymology
From sub- + championship.