candidate

1 عمومی:: داوخواه‌، خواهان‌، نامزد، كاندید، داوط‌لب‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun ADJ. potential, prospective Prospective parliamentary candidates met party leaders last week. | likely, possible She's a likely candidate for promotion. | good, ideal, suitable There were no suitable candidates for the position. | unsuitable | successful The successful candidate will be fluent in French and German. | congressional, ministerial, parliamentary, presidential | Conservative, Democratic, etc. VERB + CANDIDATE put yourself forward as, stand as She decided to stand as a candidate in the union elections. | field, nominate, put up, run Our organization is putting up five candidates in the elections. | back, support, vote for | choose, select The committee will select the best candidate for the job. | reject We rejected most of the candidates as unsuitable. PREP. ~ for She was the only candidate for the post.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun seeking office: She is a candidate for president.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: candidate adjectives a Republican/Democratic/Labour etc candidate • This part of Florida usually supports Republican candidates. a presidential candidate • What is the system for selecting presidential candidates? a parliamentary candidate • O'Connor was the parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats. a possible/potential candidate (= someone who you might give a job or position to ) • There were two women who were possible candidates. a prospective candidate (= someone who might apply for a job or position ) • Prospective candidates must be educated to degree level. the successful candidate (= the one who gets the job or position ) • The successful candidate will be innovative and self-motivated. verbs stand as a candidate for something (= compete for a position in an election ) • Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections. put somebody/something forward as a candidate (= suggest someone for election ) • He allowed his name to be put forward as a candidate for governor. nominate/put up a candidate (= put forward a candidate ) • Any member may nominate a candidate. field a candidate (= have one of your party's members competing for election ) • The Green Party decided not to field a candidate in Darlington. select/choose a candidate • Taylor was selected as Tory candidate. endorse a candidate (= officially support a candidate ) • The White House declined to endorse the Republican candidate.

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