candidate🔊

A person who is running in an election.

A person who is applying for a job.

A participant in an examination.

Something or somebody that may be suitable.

(genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.

(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.

(nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc).