Synonym: applicant, nominee, seeker. Similar words: to date, mandate, update, out of date, up to date, date back to, accommodate, indicate. Meaning: ['kændɪdət] 
n. 1. a politician who is running for public office 2. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
n. 1. a politician who is running for public office 2. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.). 
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211. I voted for the Labour candidate in the last election.
212. One strike against him as a candidate is his perceived lack of charisma.
213. I'll stick my neck out and say that Bill is definitely the best candidate for the job.
214. It promotes itself as the best candidate to advise the government on energy matters.
215. He is the only presidential candidate who has purchased any television advertising time in Texas so far.
216. We hope to ensure that every candidate will have given some consideration to the issues which affect older people.
217. The second round was contested in the 58 constituencies where no candidate had gained an absolute majority in the first round.
218. Nor is an anti-abortion candidate who aired graphic television commercials with footage of dismembered fetuses.
219. As they arrived, he asked the local candidate, with whom he was travelling, what he should speak about.
220. This will be appreciated by the candidate and prevent any unnecessary bad feeling that would affect the outcome.
221. But with his conservative views on welfare and other issues affecting women, he was hardly our ideal candidate.
222. To qualify for air time, volunteers for a particular candidate would have to collect a certain number of voter signatures.
223. Yesterday a campaign aide for Mr Milburn said the Labour candidate arrived as the whole situation was being resolved.
224. In the nomination paper the candidate must set out his surname and other names in full and, his home address. Sentencedict.com
225. One particular candidate responding to the survey went to a great deal of trouble to commit his decidedly anti-headhunting views to paper.
226. If one candidate is appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you’d better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope! Bill Clinton 
227. Even Republican governors, who had gathered here to give the candidate advice on Tuesday, were unaware of the decision.
228. But the debate over free candidate time is not just about good government.
229. We have found it particularly important to develop candidate materials to explain the additional assessment in language suitable for our trainees.
230. Spafford Hutchinson, a computer analyst, had heard the television ads of Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes.
231. She identified the most likely candidate as Leach, who, she said, had agreed to accept her nomination.
232. Bishops enjoy almost absolute power, and the laity have no means of rejecting a candidate, no matter how unsuitable.
More similar words: to date, mandate, update, out of date, up to date, date back to, accommodate, indicate, guidance, data, be good at, database, predator, end in, hand in, Indian, send in, landing, funding, abound in, spending, recommendation, on display, outstanding, condition, depending, indicator, indication, indigenous, conditions.