candidature

can·di·date

C0063400 (kăn′dĭ-dāt′, -dĭt)n.1. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor.2. A student who has nearly completed the requirements for a degree.3. One that seems likely to gain a certain position or come to a certain fate: young actors who are candidates for stardom; a memorandum that is a good candidate for the trash can.

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[Latin candidātus, clothed in white (from the white togas worn by Romans seeking office), candidate, from candidus, white; see candid.]

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can′di·da·cy (-də-sē), can′di·da·ture′ (-də-cho͝or′, -chər) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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candidature - the campaign of a candidate to be electedcampaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaignwhistle-stop tour - a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning - a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"hustings - the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)whispering campaign - the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidatestumping - campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)

Translations

candidaturacandidaturecandidaturaкандидатура