runner-up

[ ruhn-er-uhp ]

/ ˈrʌn ərˈʌp /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR runner-up ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural run·ners-up.

the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.

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 of runner-up

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby runner-up

runner, runner bean, runner foot, runner's high, runner's knee, runner-up, running, running back, running belay, running board, running bond

Example sentences from the Web for runners-up

Winners will be rewarded $300,000 and a collaboration with J.Crew, and the two runners-up will receive $100,000.

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Announced; Beyoncé Wears Nothing But Glitter |The Fashion Beast Team |July 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Runners-up for the president include “disappointing,” “weak,” “tired,” and “lost.”

Debate Word Clouds: Your One-Word Reax |Sam Schlinkert, Brian Ries |October 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One of the runners-up in the Person of the Year award by the industry website IWantMedia.com was The Laid-Off Journalist.

Kill the Media Zombies |Tina Brown |December 8, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
These runners-up chose a more modern style, rather than the crowd-pleasing Vitamin D crew.

Dance Your Way to a Ph.D. |Randi Zuckerberg |December 4, 2008 |DAILY BEAST

As was expected, Buller's easily beat all the outhouses, with Claremont's house as runners-up.

The Loom of Youth |Alec Waugh
Taken objectively there isn't that much difference between myself and the ten runners-up.

Sense of Obligation |Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
The others began chorusing their congratulations at once, looking no more convincing than the runners-up in any beauty contest.

Pagan Passions |Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for runners-up

runner-up

noun plural runners-up

a contestant finishing a race or competition in second place

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

runner-up

noun, plural run·ners-up.

Origin of runner-up

Words nearby runner-up

Example sentences from the Web for runners-up

British Dictionary definitions for runners-up

noun plural runners-up

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

runner-up

noun, plural run·ners-up.

Origin of runner-up

Words nearby runner-up

Words related to runners-up

Example sentences from the Web for runners-up

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []) .push({}); British Dictionary definitions for runners-up

noun plural runners-up

British Dictionary definitions for runners-up