What part of speech is candidate?

Candidate can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does candidate mean?

Definitions

Noun

candidate - someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
candidate - a politician who is running for public office

Examples of candidate

#   Sentence  
1. noun "I find it troubling that a candidate for president in our country -- the world's oldest democracy -- would characterize the military takeover as "good news," Gore said.
2. noun In a major regional shift reflecting the newly strengthened position of Karzai, Iran, Russia and India which have traditionally backed the Tajik dominated former Northern Alliance made strenuous efforts to convince presidential candidate Younis Qanooni to strike a deal with Karzai before the elections and not to oppose Karzai.
3. noun However since the elections Iranian influence has proved critical in convincing the Hazara Shia candidate Mohammed Mohaqeq to accept the results of the elections and later convincing Qanooni to do the same.
4. noun There is one place in Alabama where Mr. Bush was present nearly every day: the headquarters in Montgomery of US Senate candidate Winton "Red" Blount.
5. noun GOODWYN: The candidate Mr. Bush was working for, Red Blount, had gotten rich in Alabama in the construction business.
6. noun are you going to the NYMEX candidate cocktail hour Tuesday?
7. noun Now that Sibley is not a candidate for Lt. Governor, there is more freedom to open up and ask some difficult questions.
8. noun Rick looks like a good candidate.
9. noun Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.
10. noun We voted for the candidate.
11. noun Our party finally had a candidate we could put forward with pride.
12. noun The candidate was disappointed at the outcome of the election.
13. noun The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.
14. noun The candidate handed out a great amount of money in the election.
15. noun The candidate is the kind of person that we can look up to.
Sentence  
noun
"I find it troubling that a candidate for president in our country -- the world's oldest democracy -- would characterize the military takeover as "good news," Gore said.
In a major regional shift reflecting the newly strengthened position of Karzai, Iran, Russia and India which have traditionally backed the Tajik dominated former Northern Alliance made strenuous efforts to convince presidential candidate Younis Qanooni to strike a deal with Karzai before the elections and not to oppose Karzai.
However since the elections Iranian influence has proved critical in convincing the Hazara Shia candidate Mohammed Mohaqeq to accept the results of the elections and later convincing Qanooni to do the same.
There is one place in Alabama where Mr. Bush was present nearly every day: the headquarters in Montgomery of US Senate candidate Winton "Red" Blount.
GOODWYN: The candidate Mr. Bush was working for, Red Blount, had gotten rich in Alabama in the construction business.
are you going to the NYMEX candidate cocktail hour Tuesday?
Now that Sibley is not a candidate for Lt. Governor, there is more freedom to open up and ask some difficult questions.
Rick looks like a good candidate.
Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.
We voted for the candidate.
Our party finally had a candidate we could put forward with pride.
The candidate was disappointed at the outcome of the election.
The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.
The candidate handed out a great amount of money in the election.
The candidate is the kind of person that we can look up to.

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