candidate
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
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.
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
- 3.
A participant in an examination.
Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
- 4.
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.
- 5.
(education) A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
a Ph.D. candidate
- 6.
(education) The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- 7.
(genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(uncommon)To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
- 2.
(nonstandard, uncommon)(nonstandard, chiefly jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
- 3.
(figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive, uncommon)(obsolete, rare, transitive, figurative) To make white; to whitewash.
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ine-pro From la candidātus a person who is standing for public office, from candidus + -ātus, in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. candid.