contender

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From contend +‎ -er.

• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: con‧ten‧der

contender (plural contenders)

1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
   • 2016 January 1, David Hytner, The Guardian‎:

     In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15.

• contestant

• retconned

From Latin contendere.

• Hyphenation: con‧ten‧der

contender (first-person singular present contendo, first-person singular preterite contendi, past participle contendido)

1. (intransitive) to contend (to strive in opposition)

• contenção
• contendente
• contendor

Inherited from Latin contendere.

• IPA^(key): /kontenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ten‧der

contender (first-person singular present contiendo, first-person singular preterite contendí, past participle contendido)

1. to contend
2. to contest

• “contender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10