Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being a candidate; candidateship.

    Kandidatur

    кандидату́раkandidatúra

    the campaign of a candidate to be elected

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom announced his candidacy for class president.

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  2. He was ready to announce his presidential candidacy.

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  3. No one expected him to announce his candidacy again.

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  4. We took the liberty of putting your candidacy on hold.

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  5. I withdrew my candidacy.

    ruЯ отозвал свою кандидатуру.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
state or act of being a candidate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state or act of being a candidate:

Origin

From candid(ate) + -acy.

From candid(ate) + -acy.

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Forms

plural: candidacies
Singularcandidacy
Pluralcandidacies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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