What does candidate mean?
Definitions for candidate
ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt, -dɪtcan·di·date
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word candidate.
Princeton's WordNet
campaigner, candidate, nominee(noun)
a politician who is running for public office
candidate, prospect(noun)
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
Wiktionary
candidate(Noun)
A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
Etymology: From candidatus, the perfect passive participle of candidare, from candidus, in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
candidate(Noun)
A participant in an examination.
Etymology: From candidatus, the perfect passive participle of candidare, from candidus, in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
Webster Dictionary
Candidate(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.]
Freebase
Candidate
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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Editors Contribution
candidate
A person proposing to be elected.
He would love to be elected, that is why he choose to run for election.
Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'candidate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2560
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'candidate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4140
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'candidate' in Nouns Frequency: #596
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of candidate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of candidate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of candidate in a Sentence
Most voters are just learning the candidates' names, right now, the priority for a candidate is to introduce themselves and show what their values are and how that's the answer to what we have in the White House.
A quarter of a century ago, another Clinton was running for the White House, and it was the entrance of a third-party candidate, Ross Perot, that made it possible for him to win, wouldn’t it be ironic if the same thing happened this time?
It's certainly a very positive thing since you've got a very male-dominated group of candidates, and having a strong female candidate should certainly give her an edge with a certain amount of voters.
A vote for Marco is a vote for amnesty, and I'll tell you this: If we nominate a candidate who supports amnesty, a candidate who has the same position on amnesty as Hillary Clinton, we will lose.
When they see him on the debate stage, they're not seeing the candidate they've heard about and all been intrigued by, and when those two things don't match up, they start to look elsewhere.
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Translations for candidate
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- مُرَشَّح, مرشحArabic
- кандидатка, кандидатBulgarian
- candidatCatalan, Valencian
- kandidátCzech
- kandidatDanish
- Kandidat, KandidatinGerman
- υποψήφιοςGreek
- kandidatoEsperanto
- candidatoSpanish
- kandidatuBasque
- کاندیدا, نامزدPersian
- kandidaatti, ehdokasFinnish
- valevniFaroese
- candidate, candidatFrench
- tagraicheScottish Gaelic
- מועמד, מועמדתHebrew
- jelölt, indulóHungarian
- թեկնածուArmenian
- candidatoInterlingua
- kandidat, calonIndonesian
- candidatoItalian
- 候補者Japanese
- 수험생, 후보자Korean
- berendam, kandîdat, berbijar, namzetKurdish
- candidatusLatin
- кандидатMacedonian
- calonMalay
- kandidaat, kandidateDutch
- kandidatNorwegian
- kandydatPolish
- candidatoPortuguese
- кандидат, кандидаткаRussian
- kandidatSwedish
- adayTurkish
- امیدوارUrdu
- ứng cử viênVietnamese
- steifädanVolapük
- 候选人Chinese
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