candidate
/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/ verb C2- To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
He/she/it candidates · Past candidated · Past participle candidated · -ing form candidating
Verb forms
- Base form
- candidate
- He/she/it
- candidates
- Past
- candidated
- Past participle
- candidated
- -ing form
- candidating
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He said a few words to each candidate as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would disqualify them.
“The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.
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