candidate
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Synonyms: candidates, candide, candida, candidas, candidal, candidacy, candidature, canidae, candite, candiote, kandidat
Antonyms: candidates, candide, candida, candidas, candidal, candidacy, candidature, canidae, candite, candiote, kandidat
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Noun
- A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
- 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.
- A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- A participant in an examination.
- Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
- 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.
- A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
- a Ph.D. candidate
- The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
- a drug or vaccine which may be effective, but has not completed clinical trials
Verb
- To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
- To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
Verb
- To make white; to whitewash.
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