English Explanatory Dictionary

candidate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
  2. A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
  3. A participant in an examination.
  4. Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
  5. A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
  6. The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
  7. A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
verb
  1. To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
  2. To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
verb
  1. To make white; to whitewash.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæn.dɪdət/ /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/ /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/ /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/ En-us-candidate.ogg

Word forms

candidate candidates candidating candidated

Etymology

From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”, noun), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. By surface analysis, candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Related words

candela candelabrum candid candle candlepower candlestick chandler chandlery

Derived words

candidacy candidate key candidateship candidature captive candidate darkhorse candidate excandidate Klandidate Manchurian candidate multicandidate noncandidate nuisance candidate paper candidate parachute candidate precandidate private candidate release candidate

Translations

Albanian: kandidat Albanian: kandidate Amharic: ተወዳዳሪ Arabic: مُرَشَّح Arabic: مُرَشَّحَة Armenian: թեկնածու Armenian: կանդիդատ Armenian: դիմող Armenian: հավակնորդ Azerbaijani: namizəd Basque: kandidatu Belarusian: кандыда́т Belarusian: кандыда́тка Bengali: প্রার্থী Bengali: খাস্তগীর Bengali: চাকরিপ্রার্থী Bulgarian: кандида́т Bulgarian: кандида́тка Catalan: candidat Catalan: candidata Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ Chinese Cantonese: 候選人 /候选人 Chinese Cantonese: 候補 /候补 Chinese Mandarin: 候選人 /候选人 Chinese Mandarin: 候補 /候补 Czech: kandidát Czech: kandidátka Danish: kandidat Dutch: kandidaat Dutch: kandidate Esperanto: kandidato Esperanto: kandidatino Estonian: kandidaat Faroese: valevni Finnish: ehdokas Finnish: kandidaatti Finnish: hakija French: candidat French: candidate Georgian: კანდიდატი German: Kandidat German: Kandidatin German: Wahlbewerber German: Wahlbewerberin Greek: υποψήφιος Greek: υποψήφια Gujarati: ઉમેદવાર Hebrew: מועמד \ מָעֳמָד Hebrew: מועמדת Hindi: प्रत्याशी Hindi: उम्मीदवार Hindi: अभ्यर्थी Hungarian: induló Hungarian: jelölt Icelandic: frambjóðandi Icelandic: umsækjandi Icelandic: kandídat Indonesian: kandidat Indonesian: calon Indonesian: pelamar kerja Interlingua: candidato Irish: iarrthóir Italian: candidato Italian: candidata Japanese: 候補者 Japanese: 候補 Kazakh: үміткер Kazakh: үмітшіл Khmer: បេក្ខជន Korean: 후보자 Korean: 후보 Northern Kurdish: berbijar Northern Kurdish: namzet Northern Kurdish: berendam Northern Kurdish: kandîdat Kyrgyz: кандидат Kyrgyz: талапкер Lao: ຜູ້ສະໝັກ
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