contender

contend +‎ -er

• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

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, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)

     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, present active infinitive of contendō.

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

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

• contenção
• contendente
• contendor

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contendō.

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

1. to contend
2. to contest

• Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

• contención
• contendiente
• contendor