Meaning

2 senses
  1. A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

    сопе́рникsopérnik, сопе́рницаsopérnica

    a person who participates in competitions

  2. One who brings a legal challenge (such as a will, verdict, or decision).

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Tom is one of three contestants.

  2. The contestant made two false starts.

    ruСпортсмен сделал два фальстарта. — Balamax

  3. Tom was one of three contestants.

  4. Are you a contestant?

    ruВы участвуете? — marafon

  5. Are all the contestants here?

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
participant in a contest:

Origin

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

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Forms

plural: contestants
Singularcontestant
Pluralcontestants

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcontender

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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