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# entrant

noun (an entrant, entrants)

«entrant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person, team or animal that enters a competition, race or exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#m1)
2. A person who joins a school, job or profession as a newcomer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#m2)

### In the lessons

In olympiads, races and contests an entrant is one who takes part. In maths problems the number of entrants is how many people take part. Phrases: «each entrant», «new entrants», «the youngest entrant».

### Examples

- There were forty entrants in the spelling bee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x1)
- Each entrant gets a number to pin on their shirt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x2)
- The youngest entrant in the race was only seven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x3)
- All entrants must hand in their poems by Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x4)
- The cake competition had more entrants than last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x5)
- New entrants to the school get a buddy for the first week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x6)
- If each of 12 entrants pays £2, the prize fund is £24. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/#x7)

### Note

Countable; plural «entrants». Do not confuse with «entrance» (a way in, a door). Related verb «enter», noun «entry». In maths, «entrants» are the people counted, not the prizes or places.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entrant.html) on Mova free.