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UK
/ˈɛntɹənt/
]
[ US /ˈɛntɹənt/ ]
[ US /ˈɛntɹənt/ ]
NOUN
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a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
a well publicized entrant is the pocket computer -
someone who enters
new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures - any new participant in some activity
- one who enters a competition
How To Use entrant In A Sentence
- Entrants must specify their choice of prize when entering. Times, Sunday Times
- Rapid market growth and sector under-capacity encouraged Pilkingtons to expand and attracted new entrants to the marketplace without adverse effects on profits.
- Real world firms, and in particular real world entrants, face many kinds of uncertainty.
- At full strength, it will have about 600 students, with 130 new entrants each year.
- All entrants will receive £20 worth of discount vouchers for Vodafone services.
- The incumbents often behave badly towards new entrants. Times, Sunday Times
- Free entry and exit enables a potential entrant to adopt hit-and-run behaviour whenever the incumbent shows any signs of making above-normal profits.
- Cracks most commonly occur at the re-entrant corners in sink openings, where the concrete is only 2 or 3 inches wide.
- Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location.
- However, pre-press and production employers say math, science and IT skills are as important as creative software skills and new entrants are expected to learn on the job.