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Definition candidate

Etymology

From Latin candid?tus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -?tus (an adjectival suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.

Noun

candidate (plural candidates)

  1. A person who is running in an election.
  2. A person who is applying to a position for a job.
  3. A participant in an examination.
  4. Something or somebody that may be suitable.
  5. A synonym for a candidate gene, i.e., a gene which may play a role in a given disease.

Verb

candidate (third-person singular simple present candidates, present participle candidating, simple past and past participle candidated)

  1. (uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.
  2. (nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and by non-native speakers) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc).

Results 168 Words with the letters CANDIDATE

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CONTRAINDICATED 25
DEACIDIFICATION 27
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DECONTAMINATED 24
13 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
DECAFFEINATED 25
NONCANDIDATES 21
UNADJUDICATED 31
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CANDIDATURES 19
NONCANDIDATE 20
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CANDIDATURE 18
DERACINATED 17
10 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
CANDIDATES 16
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CANDIDATE 15
7 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
ANTACID 12
CANDIDA 13
CANDIED 13
6 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
ACEDIA 10
ACETIN 10
ADDICT 11
ADNATE 8
CADDIE 11
CADENT 11
CANDID 12
CANTED 11
CATENA 10
DANCED 12
DECANT 11
DETAIN 8
DIDACT 11
DINTED 9
ENATIC 10
TAENIA 7
5 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
ACETA 8
ACNED 10
ACTED 9
ACTIN 9
AECIA 8
AIDED 7
ANTAE 6
ANTED 7
ANTIC 9
CADET 9
CANED 10
CANID 10
CITED 9
CNIDA 10
DANCE 10
DATED 7
DICED 10
DICTA 9
DINED 8
EDICT 9
ENACT 9
ENTIA 6
NAIAD 7
NICAD 10
NIDED 8
TEIND 7
TENIA 6
TIDED 7
TINEA 6
TINED 7
4 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
ACED 8
ACID 8
ACNE 8
ACTA 7
ADIT 5
AIDE 5
ANTA 5
ANTE 5
ANTI 5
CADE 8
CADI 8
CAID 8
CAIN 8
CANE 8
CANT 8
CATE 7
CEDI 8
CENT 8
CINE 8
CITE 7
DACE 8
DADA 6
DATA 5
DATE 5
DEAD 6
DEAN 6
DENI 6
DENT 6
DICE 8
DIED 6
DIET 5
DINE 6
DINT 6
DITA 5
DITE 5
EDIT 5
ETIC 7
ETNA 5
ICED 8
IDEA 5
NADA 6
NEAT 5
NICE 8
NIDE 6
NITE 5
TACE 7
TAIN 5
TEND 6
TIDE 5
TIED 5
TINE 5
3 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
ACE 6
ACT 6
ADD 5
AID 4
AIN 4
AIT 3
ANA 4
AND 5
ANE 4
ANI 4
ANT 4
ATE 3
CAD 7
CAN 7
CAT 6
DAD 5
DEN 5
DID 5
DIE 4
DIN 5
DIT 4
EAT 3
END 5
ETA 3
ICE 6
NAE 4
NET 4
NIT 4
TAD 4
TAE 3
TAN 4
TEA 3
TED 4
TEN 4
TIC 6
TIE 3
TIN 4
2 letter words with the letters CANDIDATE ↑
AA 2
AD 3
AE 2
AI 2
AN 3
AT 2
DA 3
DE 3
DI 3
ED 3
EN 3
ET 2
ID 3
IN 3
IT 2
NA 3
NE 3
TA 2
TI 2

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