Meaning of candidate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege
2. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
3. A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
4. A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position:applicant, aspirant, hopeful, petitioner, seeker.
5. A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
   figuratively
6. A participant in an examination
7. a person who enters for a competition or examination (for a job, prize etc). a candidate for the job of manager; a parliamentary candidate. kandidaat مُرَشَّح (لمنصب ، لأنتخابات) кандидат candidato kandidát, uchazeč der Kandidat ansøger; kandidat υποψήφιοςcandidato, aspirante kandidaat کاندید؛ نامزد ehdokas candidat/-ate מועמד उम्मीदवार kandidat jelölt, vizsgázó calon umsækjandi; frambjóðandi candidato 候補者 지원자 kandidatas kandidāts calon kandidaatkandidat, søkerkandydat کاندید candidato can­di...
   etc
8. A participant in an examination.
9. Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose
10. being a candidate. kandidatuur, kandidaatskap تَرْشيح кандидатура candidatura kandidatura, uchazečství die Kandidatur kandidatur υποψηφιότηταcandidatura kandidatuur کاندید بودن ehdokkuus candidatureמועמדות उम्मीदवारी kandidat menjadi calon framboð candidatura 立候補 입후보 kandidatūra kandidatūra pencalonan kandidatuurkandidaturkandydatura کاندید بودن candidatura candidatură кандидатура kandidatúra kandidatura kandidatura kandidatur การเป็นผู้สมัคร adaylık 候選人身份 кандидатура امید واری sự ứng cử 候选人身份
11. Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
12. A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation
13. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor.
14. A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
15. A student who has nearly completed the requirements for a degree.
16. The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
17. One that seems likely to gain a certain position or come to a certain fate: young actors who are candidates for stardom; a memorandum that is a good candidate for the trash can.
18. A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
19. a person seeking or nominated for election to a position of authority or honour or selection for a job, promotion, etc
20. a person taking an examination or test
21. a person or thing regarded as suitable or likely for a particular fate or position: this wine is a candidate for his cellar.
22. a person who seeks or is selected by others for an office, honor, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.”

“All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.”

“Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler.”

“Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.”

“After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.”

“In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.”

“a Ph.D. candidate”

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