runner-up
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ərˈʌp noun, plural run·ners-up.
1.
the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
2.
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.
Origin:
1835–45
1835–45
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| runner-up | |
| —n , pl runners-up | |
| a contestant finishing a race or competition in second place | |
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Runner-up
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Example sentences
The runner-up explanation is an even stranger view of reality.
There will be one grand prize winner and four runner-up winners.
But he has twice been the runner-up, churning out hits at a rate few have ever matched.
Blue is the best, yellow a first runner-up, and red indicates a trip to the office.
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