how to pronounce contender

/kənˈtɛn.dəɹ/

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contender is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of contender in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… our last contender was born circa 147 …”

meanings of contender

noun:

Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
Someone who competes with one or more other people.

contender frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word contender occurs in english on average 2.9 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 contender 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 contender can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;