English

Noun

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.

Translations

See also

• contestant

Anagrams

• retconned

Portuguese

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

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

1. to contend
2. to contest

Conjugation

• Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.