"candidacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkændɪdəsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-candidacy.wav Forms: candidacies [plural]
Etymology: From candidate + -cy. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|candidate|cy}} candidate + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} candidacy (countable and uncountable, plural candidacies)
  1. The state of being a candidate; candidateship. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: multicandidacy, noncandidacy, precandidacy Related terms: candidate, candidature Translations (state or act of being a candidate): թեկնածություն (tʻeknacutʻyun) (Armenian), namizədlik (Azerbaijani), кандидатура (kandidatura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kandidatura [feminine] (Czech), kandidatur [neuter] (Danish), kandidatuur [feminine] (Dutch), kanditatuur [singular] (Estonian), ehdokkuus (Finnish), candidature [feminine] (French), კანდიდატურა (ḳandidaṭura) (Georgian), Kandidatur [feminine] (German), υποψηφιότητα (ypopsifiótita) [feminine] (Greek), candidatura [feminine] (Italian), kandidatur [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kandidatur [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kandydatura [feminine] (Polish), candidatura [feminine] (Portuguese), кандидату́ра (kandidatúra) (Russian), candidatura [feminine] (Spanish), adaylık (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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