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all the people who want to take part in an activity, especially a race or competition, with no limits on their age, ability, or experience

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one of the people competing for a prize

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the person, company, or thing that someone is competing with: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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someone who takes part in a sports competition

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someone who competes with other people for a prize or job

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someone who takes part in a contest

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someone who enters a competition or examination

the American spelling of favourite

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the person or animal that is expected to win a race or competition

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all the people or animals taking part in a race or competition: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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someone who wants to succeed or who seems likely to win

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the person or animal that most people expect to win something

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someone who did not win a race, competition, fight etc

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a book, film, actor etc that has been suggested to receive an honour or a prize

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someone who has been officially suggested for a job or a prize

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someone who competes in the Olympic Games

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a person, team, business, or group that someone is competing against

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a person or animal who seems to have no chance of winning a competition

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one of the main people or groups involved in an argument, battle, or competition

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someone who is easy to influence or persuade, or an opponent who is easy to defeat

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a person, team, or business that competes with another

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a person or team that does not win a competition or race but is second, or is close to winning

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someone who seems certain to win something, for example an election or a competition

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a person or horse that takes part in a race or game when it starts

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someone who is in the same team as you

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a person, team, or group that seems least likely to win a game, competition, election etc

someone who behaves well/badly when they have lost

someone who becomes upset or angry when they lose a game or competition

someone who no one expects to win a race or competition

the person or animal that people think is certain to win a race or competition

the weakest part of a group, plan, or team