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Webster 1913 Edition
Candidate
Can′di-date
,Noun.
[L.
Candidatus
, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus
clothed in white, fr. candidus
littering, white: cf. F. candidat
.] 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 honorsWebster 1828 Edition
Candidate
CANDIDATE
,Noun.
1.
A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed fro preferment, by election or appointment; usually followed by for; as a candidate for the office of sheriff.2.
One who is in contemplation for an office, or for preferment, by those who have power to elect or appoint, though he does not offer himself.3.
One who, by his services or actions, will or may justly obtain preferment or reward, or whose conduct tends to secure it; as a candidate for praise.4.
A man who is qualified, according to the rules of the church, to preach the gospel, and take the charge of a parish or religious society, and proposes to settle in the ministry.5.
One who is in a state of trial or probation for a reward, in another life; as a candidate for heaven or for eternity.Definition 2024
candidate
candidate
See also: candidaté
English
Noun
candidate (plural candidates)
- A person who is running in an election
- A person who is applying to a position for a job.
- A participant in an examination.
- Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.
- 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
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- A synonym for a candidate gene, i.e., a gene which may play a role in a given disease.
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person running in an election
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participant in an examination