Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)One who is the most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.

    Spitzenreiter, Favorit, Spitzenkandidat

    ли́дерlíder

  2. One who engages in front running.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is the front-runner in polls.

  2. Tom is the front-runner for this job.

  3. Tom is the front-runner, based on polls.

  4. Although he is the front-runner, the president is just one of 17 candidates running for the post.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.:
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