a strong contender

  • 1contender — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ serious, strong ▪ leading, main, major, number one, obvious (esp. BrE), top ▪ Senator …

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  • 2contender — con|tend|er [kənˈtendə US ər] n someone or something that is in competition with other people or things contender for ▪ a contender for the Democratic nomination serious/strong/leading etc contender ▪ Her new album has to be a strong contender… …

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  • 3strong — [[t]strɒ̱ŋgɪst, AM strɔ͟ːŋgɪst[/t]] ♦ strongest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is strong is healthy with good muscles and can move or carry heavy things, or do hard physical work. I m not strong enough to carry him... I feared I wouldn t be able to… …

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  • 4contender — [[t]kənte̱ndə(r)[/t]] contenders N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N for/in n A contender is someone who takes part in a competition. [JOURNALISM] Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain s Olympic squad …

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  • 5strong — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look ▪ become, get, grow ▪ remain, stay ▪ …

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  • 6strong arm — Synonyms and related words: amperage, argumentum baculinum, arm, armipotence, authority, battler, beef, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, black power, blackjack, blade, bludgeon, bravo, brawler, brute force, bulldoze, bulldozer, bully,… …

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  • 7contender — Synonyms and related words: battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor, contestant, corrival, disputant, duelist, emulator, enforcer, entrant, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting… …

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  • 8Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! — The front cover of the second series CD release, with Steve Delaney dressed as Count Arthur Strong. Genre Sitcom Running time 30 minutes …

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  • 9The Contender (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = The Contender caption = format = Reality/Sport runtime = Varies creator = Mark Burnett starring = Sugar Ray Leonard and Sylvester Stallone/Floyd Mayweather country = U.S. network = NBC ESPN Versus current network =… …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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