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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/

Definition 1:
• A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
Example: Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
Example: All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.

Definition 2:
• A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
Labels: figuratively

Definition 3:
• A participant in an examination.
Example: Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.

Definition 4:
• Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
Example: After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.

Definition 5:
• A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
Example: a Ph.D. candidate
Labels: education

Definition 6:
• The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
Labels: education

Definition 7:
• A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
Labels: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/

Definition 1:
• To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
Labels: uncommon

Definition 2:
• To make white; to whitewash.
Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive, uncommon

Definition 3:
• To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
Labels: nonstandard, uncommon

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/candidate