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a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition: Madison is the Eastern Region champion and last year’s state runner-up. (Definition of runner-up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of runner-up. runner-up.
The meaning of RUNNER-UP is the competitor that does not win first place in a contest; especially : one that finishes in second place. How to use runner-up in a sentence.
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. runner-up.
May 31, 2017 · noun. /ˌrʌnər ˈʌp/ (plural runners-up) a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition; a person or team that has not finished first but that wins a prize. Winner: Kay Hall. Runner-up: Chris Platts. They finished runners-up behind Sweden. The runners-up will all receive a £50 prize. Wordfinder. Extra Examples.
In a competition, the runner-up is usually the person who comes in second place. In the Olympics, an athlete who wins a silver medal can be called a runner-up. In beauty pageants, there are often first, second, and third-place winners, followed by a runner-up.
1 day ago · A runner-up is someone who has finished in second place in a race or competition. The ten runners-up will receive a book token. ...Paul Azinger, the American who was runner-up to Faldo at Muirfield in 1987. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation.
