"contender" meaning in English

See contender in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/ [US] Audio: En-us-contender.ogg , En-uk-contender.ogg Forms: contenders [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ) Etymology: From contend + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|contend|-er|id2=agent noun}} contend + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} contender (plural contenders)
  1. Someone who competes with one or more other people. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Translations (someone who competes): garues [masculine] (Albanian), garuese [feminine] (Albanian), մրցակից (mrcʻakicʻ) (Armenian), հավակնորդ (havaknord) (Armenian), mededinger (Dutch), concurrent [masculine] (French), rival [masculine] (French), competidor (Galician), rival (Galician), მეტოქე (meṭoke) (Georgian), Gegner [masculine] (German), Konkurrent [masculine] (German), Rivale [masculine] (German), Mitbewerber [masculine] (German), αγωνιζόμενος (agonizómenos) [masculine] (Greek), αντίπαλος (antípalos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), про́тивник (prótivnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), со́перник (sópernik) [masculine] (Macedonian), zawodnik [masculine] (Polish), zawodniczka [feminine] (Polish), competidor [masculine] (Portuguese), сопе́рник (sopérnik) [masculine] (Russian), сопе́рница (sopérnica) [feminine] (Russian), претенде́нт (pretendént) [masculine] (Russian), претенде́нтка (pretendéntka) [feminine] (Russian), contendiente [masculine] (Spanish), rival [masculine] (Spanish), contendedor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-contender-en-noun-2FXpkORs Disambiguation of People: 61 39 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'someone who competes': 75 25
  2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
    Sense id: en-contender-en-noun-vqQ0Y--y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contendership, noncontender Related terms: contestant

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "competidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sopérnik",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сопе́рник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sopérnica",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сопе́рница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pretendént",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "претенде́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pretendéntka",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "претенде́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contendiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rival"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who competes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contendedor"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Contender"
  ],
  "word": "contender"
}

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