entrant

noun

en·​trant ˈen-trənt How to pronounce entrant (audio)
: one that enters
especially : one that enters a contest

Examples of entrant in a Sentence

Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules. new entrants into a highly competitive field
Recent Examples on the Web Mastercard Gamer Academy 2024 entrants will start their journey in March at G2 Esports’ Berlin HQ. Matt Gardner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 McNerney, meanwhile, was a last-minute entrant into the District 5 race. Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024 All Great American Water Taste Test entrants had to first win their state association's taste test. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024 The 30-person match starts off with two entrants, and every 90 seconds, another competitor enters the match. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024 But the Panthers, the East’s Stanley Cup entrant last season, didn’t go away quietly. John Shipley, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024 New market entrants have animated a 100-plus-year-old industry to change its ways. John Hayes, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 This year, two of our entrants, the Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV and the Rolls-Royce Spectre, are entirely battery powered—a first for both marques—while the BMW XM and the McLaren Artura are both plug-in hybrids. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024 Almost all the entrants in the LMP2 class use identical Oreca machinery—the one outlier was a Ligier recently unearthed from storage, which spent most of its time spinning or crashing, causing multiple safety car periods. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1560, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of entrant was in 1560

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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrant. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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entrant

noun
en·​trant ˈen-trənt How to pronounce entrant (audio)
: one that enters
especially : one that enters a contest

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