"candidate" meaning in English

See candidate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæn.dɪdət/ [UK], /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ [UK], /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ [US], /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/ [US], /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/ [US, colloquial], /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/ [US, colloquial] Audio: En-us-candidate.ogg Forms: candidates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. Equivalent to candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|candidātus||a person who is standing for public office}} Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), {{af|la|candidus|-ātus|alt2=-ātus, -āta, -ātum|id2=adjective|nocat=1|pos2=participial adjective-forming suffix|t1=dazzling white, shining, clear}} candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), {{af|en|candid|-ate|id2=substantive|pos2=noun-forming suffix}} candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} candidate (plural candidates)
  1. A person who is running in an election. Categories (topical): Politics Translations (person running in an election): kandidat [masculine] (Albanian), kandidate [feminine] (Albanian), مُرَشَّح (muraššaḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), مُرَشَّحَة (muraššaḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), թեկնածու (tʻeknacu) (Armenian), կանդիդատ (kandidat) (Armenian), namizəd (Azerbaijani), kandidatu (Basque), кандыда́т (kandydát) [masculine] (Belarusian), кандыда́тка (kandydátka) [feminine] (Belarusian), প্রার্থী (prarthi) (Bengali), খাস্তগীর (khastogir) (Bengali), кандида́т (kandidát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кандида́тка (kandidátka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), candidat [masculine] (Catalan), candidata [feminine] (Catalan), ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ (adogiyasgi) (Cherokee), 候選人 (Chinese Cantonese), 候选人 (hau⁶ syun² jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 候補 (Chinese Cantonese), 候补 (hau⁶ bou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 候選人 (Chinese Mandarin), 候选人 (hòuxuǎnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 候補 (Chinese Mandarin), 候补 (hòubǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kandidát [masculine] (Czech), kandidátka [feminine] (Czech), kandidat [common-gender] (Danish), kandidaat [masculine] (Dutch), kandidate [feminine] (Dutch), kandidato (Esperanto), kandidatino [feminine] (Esperanto), kandidaat (Estonian), valevni [neuter] (Faroese), ehdokas (Finnish), kandidaatti (Finnish), candidat [masculine] (French), candidate [feminine] (French), კანდიდატი (ḳandidaṭi) (Georgian), Kandidat [masculine] (German), Kandidatin [feminine] (German), Wahlbewerber [masculine] (German), Wahlbewerberin [feminine] (German), υποψήφιος (ypopsífios) [masculine] (Greek), υποψήφια (ypopsífia) [feminine] (Greek), ઉમેદવાર (umedvār) [masculine] (Gujarati), מועמד \ מָעֳמָד (mo'omád) [masculine] (Hebrew), מועמדת (mo'omédet) [feminine] (Hebrew), उम्मीदवार (ummīdvār) [masculine] (Hindi), induló (Hungarian), frambjóðandi [masculine] (Icelandic), kandidat (Indonesian), calon (Indonesian), candidato (Interlingua), کانْدیدا (kândidâ) (Iranian Persian), نامْزَد (nâmzad) (Iranian Persian), iarrthóir [masculine] (Irish), candidato (Italian), candidata [feminine] (Italian), 候補者 (kōhosha) (alt: こうほしゃ) (Japanese), 候補 (kōho) (alt: こうほ) (Japanese), үміткер (ümıtker) (Kazakh), үмітшіл (ümıtşıl) (Kazakh), បេក្ខជន (peekkhaʼcŭən) (Khmer), 후보자 (huboja) (alt: 候補者) (Korean), 후보 (hubo) (alt: 候補) (Korean), кандидат (kandidat) (Kyrgyz), талапкер (talapker) (Kyrgyz), ຜູ້ສະໝັກ (phū sa mak) (Lao), candidatus [masculine] (Latin), kandidāts [masculine] (Latvian), kandidāte [feminine] (Latvian), kandidatas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kandidatė [feminine] (Lithuanian), кандида́т (kandidát) [masculine] (Macedonian), кандида́тка (kandidátka) [feminine] (Macedonian), calon (Malay), സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി (sthānāṟtthi) (Malayalam), kaiwhakauru (Maori), дэвшигч (devšigč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ (debsiɣči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), candidat [masculine] (Norman), candidate [feminine] (Norman), berbijar (Northern Kurdish), namzet (Northern Kurdish), berendam (Northern Kurdish), kandîdat (Northern Kurdish), kandidat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kandidat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نامزد (nāmzad) [masculine] (Pashto), kandydat [masculine, person] (Polish), kandydatka [feminine] (Polish), candidato [masculine] (Portuguese), candidata [feminine] (Portuguese), candidat [masculine] (Romanian), candidată [feminine] (Romanian), кандида́т (kandidát) [masculine] (Russian), кандида́тка (kandidátka) [feminine] (Russian), tagraiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), кандѝда̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кандѝдаткиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kandìdāt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kandìdatkinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kandidát [masculine] (Slovak), kandidátka [feminine] (Slovak), kandidat [masculine] (Slovene), kandidatka [feminine] (Slovene), kandidatinja [feminine] (Slovene), candidato [masculine] (Spanish), candidata [feminine] (Spanish), kandidat [common-gender] (Swedish), halangad (Tagalog), номзад (nomzad) (Tajik), кандидат (kandidat) (Tajik), ผู้สมัคร (pûu-sà-màk) (Thai), aday (Turkish), namzet (Turkish), dalaşgär (Turkmen), kandidat (Turkmen), кандида́т (kandydát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кандида́тка (kandydátka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), اُمِّیدْوار (ummīdvār) [masculine] (Urdu), اُمِّید وار (ummīd vār) [masculine] (Urdu), نامْزَد (nāmzad) [masculine] (Urdu), كاندىدات (kandidat) (Uyghur), نامزات (namzat) (Uyghur), kandidat (Uzbek), nomzod (Uzbek), ứng cử viên (alt: 應舉員) (Vietnamese), steifädan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-noun-en:election Disambiguation of Politics: 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive), English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek 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translations: 37 16 5 5 18 2 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 37 3 1 3 26 4 26 Disambiguation of 'person running in an election': 69 16 4 0 10
  2. A person who is applying for a job. Translations (person who is applying for a job): դիմող (dimoġ) (Armenian), հավակնորդ (havaknord) (Armenian), թեկնածու (tʻeknacu) (Armenian), চাকরিপ্রার্থী (cakriprarthi) (Bengali), খাস্তগীর (khastogir) (Bengali), kandidaat [masculine] (Dutch), Kandidat [masculine] (German), Kandidatin [feminine] (German), jelölt (Hungarian), umsækjandi [masculine] (Icelandic), kandídat [masculine] (Icelandic), pelamar kerja (Indonesian), iarrthóir [masculine] (Irish), ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥി (udyōgāṟtthi) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-noun-en:job Disambiguation of 'person who is applying for a job': 23 75 1 1 1
  3. A participant in an examination. Translations (participant in an examination): পরীক্ষার্থী (porikkharthi) (Bengali), খাস্তগীর (khastogir) (Bengali), candidat [masculine] (Catalan), candidata [feminine] (Catalan), examenkandidaat [masculine] (Dutch), Prüfungskandidat [masculine] (German), Prüfungskandidatin [feminine] (German), jelölt (Hungarian), érettségiző [singular] (Hungarian), iarrthóir [masculine] (Irish), candidato (Italian), candidata [feminine] (Italian), 受験生 (jukensei) (alt: じゅけんせい) (Japanese), 수험생 (suheomsaeng) (alt: 受驗生) (Korean), кандида́т (kandidát) [masculine] (Macedonian), кандида́тка (kandidátka) [feminine] (Macedonian), പരീക്ഷാർത്ഥി (parīkṣāṟtthi) (Malayalam), candidato [masculine] (Portuguese), candidata [feminine] (Portuguese), candidat [masculine] (Romanian), candidată [feminine] (Romanian), candidato [masculine] (Spanish), candidata [feminine] (Spanish), participante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-noun-en:examination Disambiguation of 'participant in an examination': 5 1 90 1 3
  4. Something or somebody that may be suitable. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-noun-en:suitable Disambiguation of People: 16 16 28 37 3 0 0
  5. (genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-noun-en:genitics Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive), English undefined derivations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 4 1 1 38 2 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive): 27 5 4 6 32 4 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 5 1 2 30 3 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 33 3 4 5 29 3 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 31 4 2 4 32 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 34 3 3 3 31 3 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 30 3 4 6 22 2 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 3 2 3 35 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 5 5 8 25 4 24 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: candela, candelabrum, candid, candle, candlepower, candlestick, chandler, chandlery

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæn.dɪdət/ [UK], /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ [UK], /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ [US], /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/ [US], /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/ [US, colloquial], /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/ [US, colloquial] Audio: En-us-candidate.ogg Forms: candidates [present, singular, third-person], candidating [participle, present], candidated [participle, past], candidated [past]
Etymology: From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. Equivalent to candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|candidātus||a person who is standing for public office}} Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), {{af|la|candidus|-ātus|alt2=-ātus, -āta, -ātum|id2=adjective|nocat=1|pos2=participial adjective-forming suffix|t1=dazzling white, shining, clear}} candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), {{af|en|candid|-ate|id2=substantive|pos2=noun-forming suffix}} candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncommon Translations (to stand as a candidate for an office): candidater (French)
    Sense id: en-candidate-en-verb-XiKytMMH Disambiguation of 'to stand as a candidate for an office': 91 9
  2. (nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc). Tags: nonstandard
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "ḳandidaṭi",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "კანდიდატი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kandidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kandidatin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wahlbewerber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wahlbewerberin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypopsífios",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υποψήφιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypopsífia",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "gu",
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          "roman": "umedvār",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ઉમેદવાર"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mo'omád",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מועמד \\ מָעֳמָד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mo'omédet",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מועמדת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ummīdvār",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "उम्मीदवार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "induló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "word": "kandidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "calon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ia",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "candidato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iarrthóir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "candidato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "candidata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "alt": "こうほしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōhosha",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "候補者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "alt": "こうほ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōho",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "候補"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kk",
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        {
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          "code": "km",
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          "word": "បេក្ខជន"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "alt": "候補者",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "huboja",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "후보자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hubo",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "후보"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kmr",
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          "word": "berbijar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "namzet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "berendam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "kandîdat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kandidat",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "кандидат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ky",
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          "word": "талапкер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phū sa mak",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "ຜູ້ສະໝັກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "la",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "candidatus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidāts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidāte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidatas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidatė"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "mk",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кандида́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kandidátka",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кандида́тка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ms",
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          "word": "calon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sthānāṟtthi",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "kaiwhakauru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "mn",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "mn",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "candidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "nb",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          ],
          "word": "kandidat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ps",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "kândidâ",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "کانْدیدا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "nâmzad",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "نامْزَد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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            "person"
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          "word": "kandydat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandydatka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "candidato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "candidata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "candidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "candidată"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ru",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kandidátka",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кандида́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tagraiche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кандѝда̄т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кандѝдаткиња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kandìdāt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandìdatkinja"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sk",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sk",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidátka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidatka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kandidatinja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "es",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "candidato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "candidata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kandidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "halangad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "nomzad",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "номзад"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "kandidat",
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          "word": "кандидат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pûu-sà-màk",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "ผู้สมัคร"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "aday"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "namzet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "dalaşgär"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "kandidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kandydát",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кандида́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kandydátka",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кандида́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ummīdvār",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اُمِّیدْوار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ummīd vār",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اُمِّید وار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "nāmzad",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "نامْزَد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "kandidat",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "كاندىدات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "namzat",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "نامزات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "kandidat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "nomzod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "ứng cử viên"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 4 0 10",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "person running in an election",
          "word": "steifädan"
        }
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          "text": "All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "apply"
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        [
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          "job"
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          "_dis1": "23 75 1 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "dimoġ",
          "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
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      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "후보"
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      "word": "berbijar"
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      "word": "namzet"
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      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "ຜູ້ສະໝັກ"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "word": "کانْدیدا"
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      "word": "نامْزَد"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kandidátka",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "sh",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sh",
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        "feminine"
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "halangad"
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      "lang": "Tajik",
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      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "номзад"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-sà-màk",
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      "word": "ผู้สมัคร"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "aday"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "namzet"
    },
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "dalaşgär"
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "kandidat"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kandydát",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кандида́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kandydátka",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кандида́тка"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "ummīdvār",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "اُمِّیدْوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ummīd vār",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "اُمِّید وار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "nāmzad",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "نامْزَد"
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kandidat",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "كاندىدات"
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    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "namzat",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "نامزات"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "kandidat"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "nomzod"
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      "alt": "應舉員",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "ứng cử viên"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person running in an election",
      "word": "steifädan"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dimoġ",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "դիմող"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "havaknord",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "հավակնորդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻeknacu",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "թեկնածու"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cakriprarthi",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "চাকরিপ্রার্থী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khastogir",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "খাস্তগীর"
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      "code": "nl",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kandidat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "word": "pelamar kerja"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who is applying for a job",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iarrthóir"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "udyōgāṟtthi",
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "porikkharthi",
      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "word": "পরীক্ষার্থী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khastogir",
      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "word": "খাস্তগীর"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prüfungskandidat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "word": "jelölt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "participant in an examination",
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        "singular"
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      "word": "érettségiző"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "candidato"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "alt": "じゅけんせい",
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      "word": "受験生"
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      "alt": "受驗生",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "word": "수험생"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кандида́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kandidátka",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "word": "പരീക്ഷാർത്ഥി"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "candidata"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "participant in an examination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "participant in an examination",
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    "en:People",
    "en:Politics"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "candidātus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a person who is standing for public office"
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        "id2": "adjective",
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        "t1": "dazzling white, shining, clear"
      },
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "-ate",
        "id2": "substantive",
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      "expansion": "candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. Equivalent to candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).",
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      "form": "candidates",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "candidated",
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        "participle",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with uncommon senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1906, Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, page 196:",
          "text": "The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, William Harvey Allen, Universal Training for Citizenship and Public Service, page 154:",
          "text": "Furthermore, the fact that a school principal has only been in a large school six weeks does not prevent his candidating for principal of a larger school with larger salary.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Susan H. Jones, Listening for God's Call, SCM Press, →ISBN, page 74:",
          "text": "The report Shaping the Future also gives a set of learning outcomes for those people candidating for ordained ministry. These were also agreed by the Methodist Conference.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one."
      ],
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          "candidate",
          "#Noun"
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        "(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one."
      ],
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        "Non-native speakers' English"
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        {
          "ref": "1982, Brian O'Leary, Space industrialization, CRC:",
          "text": "Performance comparison of solar energy conversion candidated for SPS. (From NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston 1977.)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Institution of Electrical Engineers. Electronics Division, European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 5-8 September 1989, Peter Peregrinus Limited, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In this program if a processor becomes idle, then all feasible activities requiring that kind of processor will be candidated for scheduling. If the number of candidates is more than the number of available processors, activities with higher priority ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Khaled M. Khan, Yan Zhang, Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 308:",
          "text": "Evaluate the maintenance costs of the software system in order to candidate it for evolution AA14. Evaluate the hardware platform used and the possibility of migrating the software system toward more economical platforms ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc)."
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          "non-native speaker",
          "non-native speaker"
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        "(nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc)."
      ],
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        "in jargon and non-native speakers' English"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.dɪdət/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/",
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        "US",
        "colloquial"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stand as a candidate for an office",
      "word": "candidater"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candidate"
}

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