entrant
pronunciation
How to pronounce entrant in British English:
UK [ˈentrənt]
How to pronounce entrant in American English:
US [ˈɛntrənt]
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- Noun:
- a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
- any new participant in some activity
- someone who enters
- one who enters a competition
Word Origin
- entrant (n.)
- 1630s, "one who enters, a beginner" (of professions, etc.); from French entrant, present participle of entrer (see enter). From 1838 with reference to one who enters a contest. As an adjective from 1630s.
Example
- 1. Wolf is not the only new underground entrant .
- 2. The stock exchange is the latest entrant to the nascent longevity market .
- 3. Europe 's crowded mid-size car segment will get an exotic new entrant this month with the launch of brilliance jinbei automobile 's bs6 sedan .
- 4. Analysts were sceptical about the saab-hawtai tie-up because hawtai , based in shandong province , is a relatively small and recent entrant into the highly fragmented chinese car industry .
- 5. The bank also was an early entrant into high-end wealth management .