Sekirov Dictionary

candidate

UK /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/US /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/

noun 7
/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ verb 3
forms 3

noun7

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a person who is trying to be chosen for a job or a position, often by people voting
- 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.
•
Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
- After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.
(figurative) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
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A participant in an examination.
- Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.

candidate

/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/

verb3

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To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
- The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves. — 1906
•
(nonstandard) To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
- Performance comparison of solar energy conversion candidated for SPS. (From NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston 1977.) — 1982
(figurative, no longer used) To make white; to whitewash.

forms

candidated · candidating · candidates

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