ALL meanings of candidate
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C c - countable noun candidate A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job. 3
- countable noun candidate A candidate is someone who is taking an examination. 3
- countable noun candidate A candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 3
- countable noun candidate A candidate is a person or thing that is regarded as being suitable for a particular purpose or as being likely to do or be a particular thing. 3
- noun candidate a person seeking or nominated for election to a position of authority or honour or selection for a job, promotion, etc 3
- noun candidate a person taking an examination or test 3
- noun candidate a person or thing regarded as suitable or likely for a particular fate or position 3
- noun candidate a person who seeks, or who has been proposed for, an office, an award, etc. 3
- noun candidate a person or thing apparently destined to come to a certain end 3
- noun candidate a student studying for a degree: Candidates for the B.A. will have to meet certain minimum requirements. 1
- verb without object candidate to become a candidate for service as a new minister of a church; preach before a congregation that is seeking a new minister. 1
- noun candidate sb running for election 1
- noun candidate job applicant 1
- noun candidate person who is suitable for sth 1
- noun candidate A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election. 1
- noun candidate a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.: a candidate for governor. 1
- noun candidate a person who is selected by others as a contestant for an office, honor, etc. 1
- noun candidate a person who is deserving of or seems destined for a certain end or fate: Such a reckless spender is a candidate for the poorhouse. 1
- noun candidate A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job. 0
- noun candidate A participant in an examination. 0
- noun candidate Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody. 0
- noun candidate A synonym for a candidate gene, i.e., a gene which may play a role in a given disease. 0