Candidate
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈkæn.dɪdət/
- US IPA: /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/, /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/
- US IPA: /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/, /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/
Origin
From Latin candidÄtus ("a person who is standing for public office"), the perfect passive participle of candidare, from candidus ("candid, white"), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
Full definition of candidate
Noun
candidate
(plural candidates)- A person who is running in an election or 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, Kevin Heng, Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?, 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.