Definition of candidates Candidates
/kæˈndʌdejts/ - [kandudeyts] -
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Wiktionary 
- candidates (Noun)
Plural of candidate.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: candidates |
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| candidate - someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | ||
| prospect | ||
| candidate - a politician who is running for public office | ||
| campaigner, nominee | ||
| pol, political leader, politico, politician a person active in party politics | ||
| dark horse a racehorse about which little is known | ||
| favorite son a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state | ||
| running mate a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices | ||
| spoiler a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | ||
| stalking-horse a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | ||
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Wiktionary
- candidate (Noun)
A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job. - candidate (Noun)
A participant in an examination.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- candidate (n.)
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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candidate
Someone who is considered for something like a price or a position.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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candidate
kan′di-dāt, n. one who offers himself for any office or honour, so called because, at Rome, the applicant used to dress in white.—ns. Can′didature, Can′didateship, Can′didacy. [L. candidatus, from candidus.]
Part of speech
🔤- candidate, verb, present, 1st person singular of candidate (infinitive).
- candidate, verb (infinitive).
- candidate, noun, singular of candidates.
