- also-ran
- `also-,ran noun countsomeone who is not successful, especially someone who loses an election or competition
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also-ran — noun Date: 1896 1. a horse or dog that finishes out of the money in a race 2. a contestant that does not win 3. one that is of little importance especially competitively < was just an also ran in the scramble for…privileges C. A. Buss > … New Collegiate Dictionary
also-ran — /awl soh ran /, n. 1. Sports. a. (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers. b. an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near winning one. 2. Informal. a… … Universalium
also-ran — noun a) A person or animal who competed in a race but did not win. b) Figuratively, a loser; one soon to be forgotten … Wiktionary
They Also Ran — is the title of a 1943 book by Irving Stone. Stone, a historian, evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States in light of their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and attempts to assess… … Wikipedia
Ran — Ran, ran, RaN and/or RAN may refer to: In film and television: * RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) was a 2006 Australian TV series * Ran (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa * (Ran), a character with no additional name in the Japanese… … Wikipedia
RAN — is a three letter acronym that can refer to one of the following:*Radio access network *Rainforest Action Network * Ran Online , a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) *RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) *Ran (biology), usually… … Wikipedia
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Ran (film) — Ran theatrical poster Directed by Akira Kurosawa Produced by Katsumi Furukawa … Wikipedia
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Ran (biology) — Ran GTPase is a small GTPase that is involved in transport into and out of the cell nucleus during interphase and also involved in mitosis. It is a member of the Ras superfamily of GTPases.cite journal | author = Moore MS, Blobel G | title = A G… … Wikipedia
Rán — und die Wellenmädchen Die Rán ist in der nordischen Mythologie aus den schriftlichen Quellen der Edda, die Frau des Meeresgottes oder Riesen Ägir. Sie ist die Mutter der Ägirstöchter, der Wellen. In der mythologischen Dichtung tritt die Rán kaum… … Deutsch Wikipedia
