n.

1. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor.
2. A student who has nearly completed the requirements for a degree.
3. One that seems likely to gain a certain position or come to a certain fate: young actors who are candidates for stardom; a memorandum that is a good candidate for the trash can.

[Latin candidātus, clothed in white (from the white togas worn by Romans seeking office), candidate, from candidus, white. See candid.]

candidacy can'di·da·cy (-də-sē) or can'di·da·ture' (-də-chʊr', -chər) n.

noun

A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position: applicant, aspirant, hopeful, petitioner, seeker. See seek/avoid.

n

Definition: contender
Antonyms: voter

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IN BRIEF: A person who seeks an office or award.

Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate. — Eric Sevareid (1912-1992).

Common misspelling(s) of candidate

• candadate

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kandidat

Nederlands (Dutch)
kandidaat, sollicitant, examinandus

Français (French)
n. - candidat, (Écosse, Univ) candidat, postulant, (Sport) candidat, (fig) bien placé (pour)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kandidat, Anwärter, Bewerber, Prüfling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποψήφιος, μνηστήρας, προαλειφόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
candidato, esaminando

Português (Portuguese)
n. - candidato (m)

Русский (Russian)
кандидат

Español (Spanish)
n. - candidato, aspirante, opositor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kandidat

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
候选人, 应试者, 攻读学位者, 候补者, 求职应征者

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 候選人, 應試者, 攻讀學位者, 候補者, 求職應徵者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 후보자, ~이 될 듯한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 候補者, 志願者, 受験者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرشح لانتخابات أو مركز معين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מועמד, נבחן‬

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