candidate
/ˈkandɪdeɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkandɪdeɪt/
candidate
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
can - di - date -> candidate
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရွေးကောက်ပွဲဝင် ကိုယ်စားလှယ် လောင်း။ စာမေးပွဖြေသူ။ ကိစ္စတစ်ခုနှင့် သင့်တော်သူ။
Full entry
candidate /'kændÇdǝt, -deÇt/ n
၁။ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲဝင် ကိုယ်စားလှယ် လောင်း။
a presidential candidate ❍ He stood/was selected as the local Labour candidate in the last general election. ❍ The right-wing group has put up its own candidate for the post.
၂။ စာမေးပွဲဖြေသူ။
Most candidates passed easily.
၃။ ~ (for sth) ကိစ္စတစ်ခုနှင့် သင့်တော်သူ။
The company is having to reduce staff and I fear I'm one of the likely candidates (for redundancy).
❏ candidature /'kændÇdǝtʃǝ(r)/ n (fml esp Brit ) = CANDIDACY
More examples
- The Labour/Liberal/Conservative candidate
- The candidate must demonstrate good communication skills.
- [candidate for] : There were two candidates for the post.
- [candidate for] : Candidates for the award for best actor
- They needed a location for the film, and the church was the obvious candidate.
- [candidate for] : This encounter is a candidate for the tournament’s most exciting game.
- [a prime candidate] : She looks like a prime candidate for a nervous breakdown.
- Candidates may use a calculator.
Synonyms
applicant, contender, entrant, runner, aspirant, nominee, contestant, bidder, claimant, competitor, dark horse, favorite son, handshaker, hopeful, job, job-hunter, office-seeker, petitioner, possibility, possible choice, pothunter, seeker, solicitant, stumper, successor, suitor, whistle-stopper, write-in
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