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con·tender

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun

    the contestant you hope to defeat

    "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

Wiktionary

  1. contendernoun

    Someone who competes with one or more other people

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Contendernoun

    Combatant; champion.

    Etymology: from contend.

    The contenders for it, look upon it as an undeniable truth. John Locke.

    Those disputes often arise in good earnest, where the two contenders do really believe the different propositions which they support. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind, p. i. c. 10.

ChatGPT

  1. contender

    A contender is a person, team, or entity that competes with others and is considered likely to win or achieve success in a particular contest, competition, or any area of endeavor. It can also refer to someone who aims or strives for a particular position or status.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contendernoun

    one who contends; a contestant

Wikidata

  1. Contender

    The International Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Bob Miller, latterly known as Ben Lexcen, in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn dinghy for Olympic competition. The Contender is recognized as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation, the governing body of sail boat racing, which administers the class rules.

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  1. retconned

  2. recontend

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contender in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contender in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of contender in a Sentence

  1. Erick Erickson:

    The One I got Wrong, he was and is a legitimate contender. His closing at the debate was one of the best closings I've seen in a debate. He did not have the depth as some of the others on the issues, but showed he has been spending his time learning.

  2. Jim Rutherford:

    The real advantage that Tampa has over most teams or all teams is Vasilevskiy, they’ve got the anchor there. They know what they’re getting every game, and as long as he’s what he is today — which should be for quite a long time — they’re going to be a contender.

  3. Zach Graumann:

    Andrew Yang is the only contender showing exponential growth in the third quarter, this grassroots fundraising total, with over $6 million in the bank, ensures this campaign will have the funding to compete and outperform expectations through Super Tuesday and beyond.

  4. Jim Smith:

    Jim’s positive influence was enormous and will be felt for generations to come, he was widely respected across the world and his genuine nature helped advance our sport in so many ways. Today, we are a medal contender every time we put a team on the ice for international competition, and he played a major role in helping us get to that point. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his entire family. It’s a sad day for all of us.

  5. Bob Quasis:

    Ted Cruz will do well among voters of Cuban background who are not supportive of immigration reform, which is a small group, i would slightly favor Jeb Bush, but Marco Rubio is a strong contender too. We have great prospects for winning the Latino vote.

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