RIDER | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of rider in English ridernoun [ C ] uk /ˈraɪ.dər/ us /ˈraɪ.dɚ/

rider noun [C] (ON HORSE/BICYCLE)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 a person who travels along on a horse or bicycle: One of the riders was thrown off his horse.

• The rider was thrown as the horse jumped the fence.
• It's a beautiful horse but a bit too frisky for an inexperienced rider.
• Riders are encouraged to wear helmets.
• The cycle rider was seriously injured in the crash.
• Riders should gather in the park at noon for the start of the race.

Horse riding

• barrel racing
• blinker
• break someone in phrasal verb
• bronc
• bucking bronco
• capriole
• horsemanship
• puissance
• rein
• rein something in phrasal verb
• reschool
• reshoe
• riding habit
• rodeo
• saddle
• saddlery
• stirrup
• tack
• three-day eventing
• whip

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Bicycles

rider noun [C] (EXTRA STATEMENT)

formal a statement that is added to what has already been said or decided, or an addition to a government bill (= a written plan for a law): I should like to add a rider to the judgment of the court. formal a statement added to the contract of a performer saying what they would like to have provided in their dressing room: He requested only Pepsi and a few slices of pizza on his rider for a personal appearance. The singer's 25-page rider included "non smelly" cheese, six kinds of water, and five sofas. UK politics: legislation & law-making

• abolish
• abrogate
• abrogation
• amendatory
• amendment
• constitutionally
• enact
• FMQs
• framer
• gold plate
• Green Paper
• guillotine
• outlaw
• parliamentarian
• penal reform
• PMQs
• pocket veto
• promulgate
• wash (something) up phrasal verb
• White Paper

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Also, extra, and in addition Official documents (Definition of rider from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

rider | American Dictionary

ridernoun [ C ] us /ˈrɑɪ·dər/ Add to word list Add to word list a person in a vehicle, or on an animal, bicycle, etc. (Definition of rider from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

rider | Business English

ridernoun [ C ] uk /ˈraɪdər/ us Add to word list Add to word list LAW, INSURANCE an addition to an official or legal document: You'll need a rider or extra insurance for high-end items such as jewelry, computers, and artwork. The Senate had to accept the rider to the bill that Gorton had crafted with mining industry lobbyists. See also dispatch rider free rider (Definition of rider from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rider

rider The riders must ' ride forever on that range up in the sky'. From the Cambridge English Corpus Though handbooks for female riders had existed since the late eighteenth century, they had largely been written by men. From the Cambridge English Corpus I shall leave the details of this approach to unfold below, but had better issue a few riders beforehand. From the Cambridge English Corpus Private houses open onto them by window or door, and the main streets can take nine riders abreast. From the Cambridge English Corpus The smaller the number of sharers, the better - for one thereby reduces the problem of free riders. From the Cambridge English Corpus We would be free riders if we failed to participate. From the Cambridge English Corpus A procession of advertising cars and trucks preceded or followed the riders. From the Cambridge English Corpus Fear of punishment does not eliminate free riders. From the Cambridge English Corpus They might also have been influenced by the adoption of the wheat allotment programme and hoped, as 'free riders', to exploit the scheme. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the same time, enthusiastic fourth-wave riders might do well to remember that there are many additional systems involved in resilience beyond the individual and the immediate environment. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the appropriate moment, he stumbled into the ring to argue with the ringmaster that he could ride a horse better than any of the circus riders. From the Cambridge English Corpus We argued that there is a social moral obligation to worry about the well-being of riders as well as the financial cost of motorcycle accidents to society. From the Cambridge English Corpus There are two riders to this thesis. From the Cambridge English Corpus We have said that we will seek to improve incentives for 16-year-old moped riders to take training. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The following tables show this percentage, for motor cycle riders and car drivers separately, for the years 1978 to 1987. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rider These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with rider

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bicycle riderI believe that the bicycle industry, like the bicycle rider, could do with a level playing field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   bull riderHe became a bull rider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of fifteen, he was stricken with polio. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   experienced riderI used to consider myself a fairly experienced rider. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with rider What is the pronunciation of rider?

Translations of rider

in Chinese (Traditional) 車或馬上, 騎馬者，騎師, 騎車者… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 车或马上, 骑马者，骑师, 骑车者… See more in Spanish jinete, amazona, ciclista… See more in Portuguese cavaleiro, ginete, ciclista… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian घोडेस्वार… See more （乗り物に）乗っている人, 乗り手, 騎手… See more binici, sürücü, kullanan… See more cavalier/-ière [masculine-feminine], passager/-ère [masculine-feminine], cavalier/-ière… See more genet, -a, ciclista… See more rijder… See more குதிரை அல்லது மிதிவண்டியில் சேர்ந்து பயணிக்கும் ஒரு நபர்… See more राइडर, साइकिल सवार, घुड़सवार… See more સવાર… See more rytter… See more ryttare, cyklist… See more penunggang… See more der Reiter / die Reiterin… See more rytter [masculine], syklist [masculine], passasjer [masculine]… See more سوار… See more вершник, наїзник… See more గుర్రం లేదా సైకిల్‌ మీద ప్రయాణించే వ్యక్తి… See more আরোহী… See more jezdec, -kyně, řidič… See more penunggang kuda… See more คนที่ขี่ม้าหรือยานพาหนะ… See more người đi xe đạp, người cưỡi ngựa… See more jeździec, rowerzyst-a/ka, motocyklist-a/ka… See more 라이더, 타는 사람… See more cavallerizzo, -a, ciclista… See more Need a translator?

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    • rider (ON HORSE/BICYCLE)
    • rider (EXTRA STATEMENT)
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