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Meaning of "candidate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CANDIDATE

From Latin candidātus clothed in white (because in ancient Rome a candidate wore a white toga), from candidus white.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CANDIDATE

candidate  [ˈkændɪˌdeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANDIDATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Candidate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CANDIDATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Candidate

A candidate, or nominee, is the prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example: ▪ to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs. ▪ to receive membership in a group "Nomination" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office by a political party, or the bestowing of an honor or award. This person is called a "nominee," though nominee often is used interchangeably with "candidate." "Presumptive nominee" is a term used when a person or organization believes that the nomination is inevitable. The act of being a candidate in a race for either a party nomination or for electoral office is called a "candidacy." "Candidate" is a derivative of the Latin "candida". In Ancient Rome, people running for political office would usually wear togas chalked and bleached to be bright white at speeches, debates, conventions, and other public functions.

Definition of candidate in the English dictionary

The first definition of candidate in the dictionary is a person seeking or nominated for election to a position of authority or honour or selection for a job, promotion, etc. Other definition of candidate is a person taking an examination or test. Candidate is also a person or thing regarded as suitable or likely for a particular fate or position.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANDIDATE


antedate
ˈæntɪˌdeɪt
bicuspidate
baɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
chloridate
ˈklɔːrɪˌdeɪt
consolidate
kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
cuspidate
ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
dilapidate
dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪt
elucidate
ɪˈluːsɪˌdeɪt
fluoridate
ˈflʊərɪˌdeɪt
intimidate
ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt
invalidate
ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt
liquidate
ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt
methylphenidate
ˌmɛθɪlˈfɛnɪˌdeɪt
mithridate
ˈmɪθrɪˌdeɪt
multicuspidate
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
oxidate
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪt
playdate
ˈpleɪˌdeɪt
revalidate
ˌriːˈvælɪˌdeɪt
solidate
ˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
tricuspidate
traɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
validate
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANDIDATE

candelilla
candent
candescence
candescent
candescently
Candia
candid
candid camera
candida
candidacy
candidal
candidateship
candidature
candidiasis
candidly
candidness
candie
candied
candied peel
candies

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANDIDATE

accommodate
date
dilucidate
expiration date
inturbidate
lapidate
nidate
noncandidate
out of date
parliamentary candidate
promuscidate
publication date
reconsolidate
release date
rhipidate
ultracrepidate
up to date
up-to-date
update
vice-presidential candidate

Synonyms and antonyms of candidate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CANDIDATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «candidate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of candidate

Translation of «candidate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANDIDATE

Find out the translation of candidate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of candidate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «candidate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

候选人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

candidato
570 millions of speakers

English

candidate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उम्मीदवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُرَشَّح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кандидат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

candidato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রার্থী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

candidat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Calon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kandidat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

候補者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Calon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ứng cử viên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேட்பாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उमेदवार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aday
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

candidato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kandydat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кандидат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

candidat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποψήφιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kandidaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kandidat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kandidat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of candidate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANDIDATE»

The term «candidate» is very widely used and occupies the 6.640 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANDIDATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «candidate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «candidate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about candidate

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10 QUOTES WITH «CANDIDATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word candidate.
1
Horatio Alger
The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.
2
Joe Andrew
You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side.
3
Bob Barr
It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.
4
Dan Bartlett
When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.
5
James L. Buckley
The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself.
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Robert Byrne
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
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Peter Camejo
I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I was in five of them. And the response from the public was overwhelming.
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Peter Camejo
A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard.
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Julian Castro
Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years.
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Walter Cronkite
When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANDIDATE»

Discover the use of candidate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to candidate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Manchurian Candidate
A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sergeant Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret--even from himself.
Richard Condon, 2013
2
I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
The result was a resounding defeat in November. "I, Candidate" tells the story of Sinclair's campaign while also capturing the turbulent political mood of the 1930s.
Upton Sinclair, 1994
3
It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office
It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition.
Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox, 2010
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Master The Officer Candidate Tests: Targeted Test Prep to ...
Counsels U.S. armed forces candidates on every area of the air force and navy's qualifying exams from verbal reasoning and math to mechanics and electronics, in a reference that also lists career opportunities, pay grades and benefits ...
Scott A. Ostrow, 2009
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The Candidate: What it Takes to Win - and Hold - the White House
Explains what separates a candidate from a president-elect, looking in particular at the missteps made in George H. W. Bush's re-election bid and Al Gore and Hilary Clinton's efforts to gain the presidency.
Samuel L. Popkin, 2012
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Children's Care, Learning and Development Candidate Handbook
The complete solution for the new NVQs and SVQs in Children's Care, Learning and Development Written by the authors of the bestselling S/NVQ Early Years Care and Education resources, these Candidate Handbooks contain everything students ...
Penny Tassoni, 2005
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The NVQ Assessor, Verifier and Candidate Handbook: A ...
This new edition also includes the latest knowledge requirements of the Professional Standards for Teachers, Tutors and Trainers in the Learning and Skills Sector Domain E: Assessment.
Jenny Tucker, Ros Ollin, 2008
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Candidate selection in comparative perspective: the secret ...
This book examines candidate selection in nine liberal democracies -- Belgium, Britain, France, West Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Norway.
Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh, Michael Marsh (Ph. D.), 1988
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CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests
This book will help you develop skills while adding some knowledge about the types of questions you will encounter on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB) Armed ...
Fred N. Grayson, 2007
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The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene
In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography changes, spent a ...
Corey Hutchins, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANDIDATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term candidate is used in the context of the following news items.
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3rd-party candidate to challenge LaPorte mayor
First-time candidate Michael Maxfield, 54, is running as an independent, having filed his candidacy papers with the LaPorte County clerk. «South Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Guess which presidential candidate has been raising more than half …
"Every presidential candidate will have a super PAC, the super PACs can accept unlimited contributions, but you cannot coordinate. So I've got ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Tanzania's ruling party to pick presidential candidate
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzania's ruling party is selecting its presidential candidate this week, with the winner expected to take the east African ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
4
Barcelona presidential candidate wants to sign PSG star Verratti
Barcelona presidential candidate Agusti Benedito has revealed Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti will be his main transfer target if ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
5
Post Office group launches second election candidate
The group has already declared its first candidate, Seona O'Fegan in Galway West. She is the Postmistress at Barna and Fr. Griffin Road Post ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
6
Thousands attend presidential candidate Sen. Sanders' town hall
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders called for a "political revolution" at the Cross ... «WCSH-TV, Jul 15»
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Foster says she's the best candidate for mayor
BRIDGEPORT — Portraying herself as the alternative between a failed mayor and a convicted one, Mary-Jane Foster opened the doors ... «CT Post, Jul 15»
8
Lakefield's Tim Waggoner third candidate seeking Conservative …
Tim Waggoner, of Lakefield, seen with his wife, Gabrielle, and three daughters, Avaleen, Elsie and Felicity, is the third candidate in the race for ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jul 15»
9
GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio visits Chicago
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio kicked off a three day campaign swing through the Midwest with a stop at “1871” a technology ... «WGN-TV, Jul 15»
10
Council candidate Jonathan Wainscott arrested again
ASHEVILLE — A man who has announced his candidacy for Asheville City Council has been arrested for the fourth time in two months in ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»

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