Candidate

Definition

candidate /'kændÇdǝt, -deÇt/ n ၁။ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲဝင္ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ေလာင္း။ 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။ စာေမးပြဲေျဖသူ။ Most candidates passed easily. ၃။ ~ (for sth) ကိစၥတစ္ခုႏွင့္ သင့္ေတာ္သူ။ 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

Examples

1. The Labour/Liberal/Conservative candidate
2. The candidate must demonstrate good communication skills.
3. [candidate for] : There were two candidates for the post.
4. [candidate for] : Candidates for the award for best actor
5. They needed a location for the film
6. and the church was the obvious candidate.
7. [candidate for] : This encounter is a candidate for the tournament’s most exciting game.
8. [a prime candidate] : She looks like a prime candidate for a nervous breakdown.
9. Candidates may use a calculator.