front runner
See also: frontrunner and front-runner
English
[edit]WOTD – 19 May 2012, 19 May 2013, 19 May 2014, 19 May 2015
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[edit]Noun
[edit]front runner (plural front runners)
- (idiomatic) One who is the most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.
- 1955 May 9, “Sport: First-Division Tigers”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 20 November 2020:
- [T]he American League pennant did not shape up as much of a race. There were the Indians and the Yankees, front runners as usual.
- 2013 August 25, Georgi Kantchev, “World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 June 2023:
- Dubai, which would be the first host of a world’s fair in the Middle East, has emerged as the front-runner, offering the most financial and governmental support.
- 2022 August 6, Geneva Abdul, “Liz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as way to tackle cost of living crisis”, in The Guardian[3], archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
- The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis.
- (business, finance) One who engages in front running.
Derived terms
[edit]- front run (verbal form)
- frontrunneritis
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.
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