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noun
- 1. a competitor or team taking second place in a contest: "he was runner-up in the 200 m individual medley"
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a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition: Madison is the Eastern Region champion and last year’s state runner-up. (Definition of runner-up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of runner-up. runner-up.
The meaning of RUNNER-UP is the competitor that does not win first place in a contest; especially : one that finishes in second place. How to use runner-up in a sentence.
the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament. runners-up, the competitors who do not win a contest but who place ahead of the majority of the contestants and share in prizes or honors, as those who place second, third, and fourth, or in the top ten. runner-up.
a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition: Madison is the Eastern Region champion and last year’s state runner-up. (Definition of runner-up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of runner-up. runner-up.
In a competition, the runner-up is usually the person who comes in second place. In the Olympics, an athlete who wins a silver medal can be called a runner-up. In beauty pageants, there are often first, second, and third-place winners, followed by a runner-up.
a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition; a person or team that has not finished first but that wins a prize. Winner: Kay Hall. Runner-up: Chris Platts. They finished runners-up behind Sweden. The runners-up will all receive a £50 prize. Wordfinder. Extra Examples. Topics Sports: other sports c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary
1. (of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking. He ran down the road. correr. 2. to move smoothly. Trains run on rails. circular; moverse. 3. (of water etc) to flow.
A runner-up is someone who has finished in second place in a race or competition. The ten runners-up will receive a book token. ...Paul Azinger, the American who was runner-up to Faldo at Muirfield in 1987.
RUNNER-UP meaning: someone who finishes in second position in a competition. Learn more.
May 21, 2024 · runner-up (plural runners-up or (colloquial, nonstandard) runner-ups) The person who finishes second , or in any position after the first. Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
