Definitions for candidate

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candidate can·di·date

Spelling: [noun kan-di-deyt, -dit; verb kan-di-deyt]

IPA: /noun ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt, -dɪt; verb ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt/

Candidate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 322 anagrams from letters in candidate (aacddeint).

Definitions for candidate

noun

1. a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.:
2. a person who is selected by others as a contestant for an office, honor, etc.
3. a person who is deserving of or seems destined for a certain end or fate:
4. a student studying for a degree:

verb (used without object)

1. to become a candidate for service as a new minister of a church; preach before a congregation that is seeking a new minister.

Origin of candidate

First recorded in 1605-15, candidate is from the Latin word candidātus clothed in white (adj.), candidate for office (noun, in reference to the white togas worn by those seeking office). See

Examples for candidate

I just hint at my bein' a candidate and folks say, 'Yes, indeed.

It's denied, you know, that he intends to come forward as a candidate in Morbihan.

I've given them to understand that I'll be a candidate if they'll have me.

Say, however, that the NRCC paid for a television ad that was suggested by a candidate.

Tyrangiel, 42, was considered a candidate to succeed Winkler.

In each contest, the Republican candidate outperformed the GOP result from 2012 among women voters.

The instant you are deemed a candidate for arrest, you become not so much a person as a “perp.”

You know that I'm a candidate for the hanging committee this year.'

If he did, Nate figgered he was as healthy a candidate for adoption as anybody.

A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.