Crossword clues for contender
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contender \Con*tend"er\, n. One who contends; a contestant.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, agent noun from contend.
Wiktionary
n. Someone who competes with one or more other people
WordNet
n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition]
Wikipedia
The International Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Bob Miller, latterly known as Ben Lexcen, (Australia) 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.
A contender is a stock character found in stories, television series, films, and other works depicting the development and triumph of an individual through athletic achievement. The typical storyline of the contender is one of an (often young) individual with raw natural talent, who is hindered by a shortage of either knowledge of the sport, discipline, or indeed something as simple as confidence. Through the encouragement of a coach or other guiding figure, for instance a wise old man or a magical negro, the contender overcomes previously insurmountable limitations and achieves his or her potential or even beyond, usually by some sort of victory, for instance in an athletic competition. Alternatively, they may lose in the competition but nevertheless gain in some other, perhaps greater way, such as through genuine respect from their opponents for their endeavours. After all, what matters is "not the winning, but the taking part".
Contender may refer to:
- Contender (stock character), commonly used in books, TV shows, plays, and films
Contender is the debut studio album by American pop punk band Forever Came Calling. It was released on July 24, 2012 via Pure Noise Records.
Usage examples of "contender".
Between him and Derai could be thirty-seven contenders, each of whom would take the chance of an easy kill so as to lower the competition.
The general rule in antiques is, the pricier the antique, the more serious are the contenders for its throne.
Planch has some fixed notions of justice, and it appears another contender for the person of Trema came on the scene, and paid Planch more than Chenso Planch took some mixed-up vengeance against Chen and Trantor for the ruin of Madder Loss.
Caldor has two contenders and there is a possibility that both might win you are allowed to send two aspirants to the area beyond the far gate.
Now if Caldor had a couple more contenders lined up and they managed to get placed either side then the odds would be different.
Kayle brought their drinks before the Owl-Master could respond, and, after she departed, Baden, Trahn, and Orris embarked on a lengthy, speculative discussion of the various possible contenders for the position.
Good-natured banter flew back and forth, wagers were laid, and woe betide the contender who was unhorsed during these practice bouts, for the thing that a knight dreaded even more than he dreaded death was ridicule.
Emir by now, then that son of a psoriatic skin scraping is no longer a contender for the Caliphate anyway.
Once inside the zone no contender is permitted to leave other than by the far gate.
As Caldor has two contenders and there is a possibility that both might win you are allowed to send two aspirants to the area beyond the far gate.
If he's deposed the Emir by now, then that son of a psoriatic skin scraping is no longer a contender for the Caliphate anyway.
For more than ten years the present champion was clearly the greatest chess player in the world, but during that time he exhibited such willful and seemingly self-destructive behavior—refusing to enter crucial tournaments, quitting them for crankish reasons while holding a commanding lead, entertaining what many called a paranoid delusion that the whole world was plotting to keep him from reaching the top—that many informed experts wrote him off as a contender for the highest honors.
The boxing hall in the great complex of the Reichssportfeld was filled to capacity for the final bout in the light heavyweight division, and there were ranks of brown-uniformed storm-troopers lining each side of the aisle from the dressingrooms, forming an honour guard for the contenders as they came down to the ring.
Though he was used to Angie, who was surprisingly fast on her feet, this one was sprinting like an Olympic contender.
Of the thirty other runners, the most serious contenders were Camomile Lawn, a fleet chestnut mare so flashy Tab said she ought to wear an ankle bracelet, Male Nurse, a stocky brown gelding who jumped and stayed well, Yummy Yuppy, the handsome dark bay who had fallen last year, Blarney Stone, who had won the Irish Grand National, Paddywack, who was third to Penscombe Pride and The Prince of Darkness last year and Fraulein Mahler, Rannaldini's second horse, whom Lysander had ridden into the lake last summer.