HOW TO PRONOUNCE
candidate
/ˈkændədeɪt/
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Stress CAN.
The ending can use the vowel in day or a lighter vowel. The first d can be reduced.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The candidate answered each question.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does candidate mean?
noun
- A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
- (figuratively) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
- A participant in an examination.
More meanings (7)
noun
- Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
- A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
- The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
verb
- To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
- To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
- (figuratively, obsolete, rare) To make white; to whitewash.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkændədeɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt//ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt//ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt//ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/
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See this word in context.
Mr. Brooke, meanwhile, having lost other clews, fell back on himself and his qualifications—always an appropriate graceful subject for a candidate.
To exert an influence over them is not difficult, provided the candidate be in himself acceptable and possess adequate financial resources.
More book examples (3)
'The Unionist candidate for this constituency exists' means 'some one is a Unionist candidate for this constituency, and no one else is'.
A person who had not taken the Sacrament according to the Anglican rite could not stand as a candidate for sheriff of London.
During these Conferences it is customary for each candidate to retire while the discussion of his individual fitness for ordination is in progress.