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Sports & Fitness vocabulary · Competition & Scoring

Runner-up

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, runner-up means: The person or team that finishes second in a competition.

In Turkish: ikinci, finalde kaybeden

How it is used

Use runner-up for second place; the plural is runners-up.

Example sentences

  1. Our team finished as runner-up after losing the final.

    The final loss leaves the team in second place.

  2. The runner-up received a smaller trophy at the ceremony.

    The award distinguishes second place from the winner.

Common collocations

  • finish as runner-up
  • runner-up trophy
  • tournamentA competition in which many players or teams take part in a series of matches or rounds, often ending with a final and a winner.
  • opponentThe person or team you are playing or competing against in a match, race or contest.

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