English-Thai Dictionary

candidate

N ผู้ท้าชิง  ผู้แข่งขัน  compititor petitioner nominee phu-tha-ching

 

candidate

N ผู้สมัคร  phu-sa-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CANDIDATE

n. 1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed for preferment, by election or appointment; usually followed by for; as a candidate for the office of sheriff.
2. One who is in contemplation for an office, or for preferment, by those who have power to elect or appoint, though he does not offer himself.
3. One who, by his services or actions, will or may justly obtain preferment or reward, or whose conduct tends to secure it; as a candidate for praise.
4. A man who is qualified, according to the rules of the church, to preach the gospel, and take the charge of a parish or religious society, and proposes to settle in the ministry.
5. One who is in a state of trial or probation for a reward, in another life; as a candidate for heaven or for eternity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANDIDATE

Can "di *date, n. Etym: [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga. ) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat. ]

 

Defn: One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.

 

CANDIDATESHIP

CANDIDATESHIP Can "di *date *ship, n.

 

Defn: Candidacy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

candidate

can di date |ˈkandiˌdāt, -dit ˈkæn (d )əˌdeɪt | ▶noun a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election: candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate | the Republican candidate. • a person taking an examination: doctoral candidates in literature. • a person or thing regarded as suitable for or likely to receive a particular fate, treatment, or position: she was the perfect candidate for a biography | a leading candidate for the title of New York's ugliest building. DERIVATIVES can di da cy |ˈkandidəsē |noun, can di da ture |-ˌCHo͝or, -CHər |noun (Brit. )ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin candidatus ‘white-robed, ’ also denoting a candidate for office (who traditionally wore a white toga ), from candidus ‘white. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

candidate

candidate |ˈkandɪdeɪt, -dət | ▶noun a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election: candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate | the Green Party candidate. • Brit. a person taking an examination: an A-level candidate. • a person or thing regarded as suitable for or likely to receive a particular fate, treatment, or position: she was the perfect candidate for a biography. DERIVATIVES candidacy noun, candidature noun (Brit. )ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin candidatus ‘white-robed ’, also denoting a candidate for office (who traditionally wore a white toga ), from candidus ‘white ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

candidate

candidate noun candidates should be computer-literate: applicant, job applicants, job-seeker, interviewee; contender, contestant, nominee.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

candidate

candidate noun 1 candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate: applicant, job applicant, job-seeker, prospective employee; contender, contestant, nominee, aspirant, possibility, possible; interviewee; postulant, suitor, pretender; informal runner. 2 A-level candidates: examinee, entrant. 3 the most likely candidate for the title of Designer of the Year: prospect; informal bet.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

candidate

can di date /kǽndɪdèɪt, -dət /〖語源は 「白い服を着た人 」; ローマ時代, 公職候補者が白い衣をまとったことから 〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 【公職 地位などへの 】(立 )候補者 «for » ▸ a candidate for governor 知事候補 ▸ a Presidential candidate 大統領候補 ▸ stand as a candidate ｟英 ｠立候補する 2 «…の » 志願者, 求職者 ; ｟主に英 ｠受験者 [生 ]; (学位取得などの )有資格者 «for » ▸ a candidate for the scholarship 奨学金希望者 ▸ a doctoral candidate 博士論文提出有資格者 3 «…に » ふさわしい人 [物 ]; «…が » 将来予想される人 [物 ] «for » ▸ The kids are prime candidates for drug problems .その子供たちは将来薬物の問題に巻き込まれる公算が高い ▸ That idea is a candidate for the wastebasket .そんなアイディアはくず箱行きだ