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runner-up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌp/ (UK)
• /ˌɹʌn.ɚˈʌp/ (US)

Meanings

1. The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
   • Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
2. Second favourite.
   • For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along. 2022 July 11, Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, “How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Translations (64)

fi toka (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · es suplente (id) (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · fi kakkonen (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · yue 亞軍 /亚军 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ja 次点 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Zweiter (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · gl subcampión (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ms naib juara (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · pt segundo colocado (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · cmn 亞軍 /亚军 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · bg подгласник (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · nn toar (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · es subcampeona (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · hi उपविजेता (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ru заня́вшая второ́е ме́сто (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · it finalista (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · gl subcampioa (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Vizemeister (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ka მეორე ადგილოსანი (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ja 二番 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · hu döntős (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · fi perintöprinsessa (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · es princesa (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Zweitplatzierter (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · hu helyezett (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · nb toer (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · tl pangalawang-nabibilang (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ka მეორე ადგილზე გასული (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · id wakil juara (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · es subcampeón (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · it vicecampione (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · sv tvåa (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · cmn 第二名 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ru заня́вший второ́е ме́сто (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · cs druhý v pořadí (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · nl 2de plaats (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Vizemeisterin (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · vi á quân (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ms tempat kedua (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · id juara kedua (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · tl napabilang (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · da toer (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · id peringkat kedua (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · fr vice-champion (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ar وَصِيفَة (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Zweite (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · de Zweitplatzierte (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ru вице-ми́сс (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · tl prinsesa (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · fi toiseksi tullut (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · hu második helyezett (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · yue 第二名 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · pl wicemistrz (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · bg вицешампион (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ko 차점자 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · el επιλαχών (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · fr vice-championne (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ja 次点者 (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · pt segundo (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · pt vice-campeão (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · mi tuarua (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · es finalista (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · hy երկրորդ տեղը գրաված (the person who finishes in any position after the first) · ms naib johan (the person who finishes in any position after the first)