Definitions for also-ran

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also-ran al·so-ran

Spelling: [awl-soh-ran]

IPA: /ˈɔl soʊˌræn/

Also-Ran is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in also-ran (-aalnors).

Definitions for also-ran

noun

1. Sports. (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers. an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
2. Informal. a person who loses a contest, election, or other competition.
3. Informal. a person who attains little or no success:

Origin of also-ran

First recorded in 1895-1900

Examples for also-ran

For a time he wrote criticism for Mawaqif, a publication founded by the Syrian poet (and perennial Nobel also-ran) Adonis.

Ten years ago, Apple began its transformation from an also-ran PC maker to a world-beating tech titan.

He had made a joke about his movie's status as also-ran to The Hurt Locker.

CASEY jumped from also-ran to No. 41 over the past two years.

The 2008 also-ran is suddenly the hottest Republican in the 2012 presidential field.

Rand Paul had the benefit of observing both what made his father likable and popular, and what made him an also-ran.

Post-debate she was 200,000 ahead of the also-ran, the aggressively marketed Anderson Cooper of CNN.

The FTC has subpoenaed Google in an antitrust case—the kind of probe that turned Microsoft from king of tech to an also-ran.