how to pronounce contestant

/kənˈtɛstənt/

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contestant is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of contestant in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… let's bring on our contestant cody jones …”

meanings of contestant

noun:

One who brings a legal challenge.
A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

contestant frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word contestant occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics contestant can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contestant can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;