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# underdog

«underdog» in Mova's school dictionary: **the person or team that is expected to lose a contest** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an underdog, underdogs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The underdog is the person or team that is expected to lose a contest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#m1)

2) An underdog is also a person with less power or money than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and stories, underdogs who win surprise everyone and make exciting tales (David and Goliath is a famous underdog story). Many people like to support the underdog. Phrases: the underdog, root for the underdog, an underdog story.

### examples

- Our small school was the underdog in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x1)
- Everyone cheered when the underdog won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x2)
- I always support the underdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x3)
- David was the underdog against the giant Goliath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x4)
- The film is a classic underdog story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x5)
- The underdogs played their best game ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/#x6)

### note

Countable noun, one word. Opposite: the favourite (UK) / favorite (US). «Root for» (US) or «support» the underdog.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «underdog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underdog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.