- a person or team with a chance of winning a competition
- contender (for something) a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics
- a leading/serious/strong contender for the party leadership
- contender to do something Germany last night emerged as a contender to stage next year's event.
Extra Examples- He's gone from being a serious title contender to being totally written off.
- She was considered a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- a strong contender for the gold medal
- He is seen as one of the leading contenders for the post.
- Peter is a contender for the gold medal in the Olympics.
- She is a strong contender for the party leadership.
- The team has proved that it is a genuine title contender.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- strong
- leading
- …
- contender for
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