"comer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌmɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comer.wav Forms: comers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comere}} Middle English comere, {{af|en|come|-er|id2=agent noun}} come + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} comer (plural comers)
  1. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning. Translations (in a race): подаю́щий наде́жды (podajúščij nadéždy) [masculine] (Russian), puntero [masculine] (Spanish), delantero [masculine] (Spanish), puntera [feminine] (Spanish), delantera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-comer-en-noun-t6ZWpm7X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 35 36 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of 'in a race': 90 10 0
  2. (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory. Tags: figuratively Translations (in some contest): подаю́щий наде́жды (podajúščij nadéždy) [masculine] (Russian), puntero [masculine] (Spanish), delantero [masculine] (Spanish), puntera [feminine] (Spanish), delantera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-comer-en-noun-nk3opJmH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 35 36 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of 'in some contest': 12 84 4
  3. One who arrives. Translations (who arrives): пристигащ (pristigašt) (Bulgarian), прише́дший (prišédšij) [masculine] (Russian), прибы́вший (pribývšij) [masculine] (Russian), прие́хавший (prijéxavšij) [masculine] (Russian), contendiente [masculine] (Spanish), el que llega [masculine] (Spanish), la que llega [feminine] (Spanish), dyfodiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-comer-en-noun-OL-vkO7M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 35 36 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of 'who arrives': 19 21 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aftercomer, come, downcomer, earlycomer, firstcomer, homecomer, latecomer, newcomer, up-and-comer, dot-comer (english: etymologically unrelated)

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "прие́хавший"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "who arrives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contendiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "who arrives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "el que llega"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "who arrives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la que llega"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "who arrives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyfodiad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "comer"
}

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