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noun
The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the campaign of a candidate to be elected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
Narrower terms: front-porch campaigning, front-porch campaign, hustings, whispering campaign, stumping
History
From French candidature, equivalent to candidate + -ure.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
