candidacy

English

Etymology

From candidate +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkændɪdəsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

candidacy (countable and uncountable, plural candidacies)

1. The state of being a candidate; candidateship.
   • 1844, Epes Sargent, The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay:

     Let it be borne in mind, moreover, that since the period of his last candidacy he has rendered the most memorable services to the country

   • 2002, Allan H. Keith, Turbulent Times:

     However, this almost certainly happened because of the third party candidacy of former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt

   • 1984, Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571):

     Anyhow, if the opportunity presented itself, Requesens thought that Philip should support the candidacies of Giovanni Ricci, Clemente Dolerá, and Ghislieri, . . .

Derived terms

• multicandidacy
• noncandidacy
• precandidacy

Related terms

• candidate
• candidature

Translations

state or act of being a candidate

• Armenian: թեկնածություն (hy) (tʻeknacutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: namizədlik
• Bulgarian: кандидатура f (kandidatura)
• Czech: kandidatura f
• Danish: kandidatur n
• Dutch: kandidatuur (nl) f
• Estonian: kanditatuur sg
• Finnish: ehdokkuus (fi)
• French: candidature (fr) f
• Georgian: კანდიდატურა (ḳandidaṭura)
• German: Kandidatur (de) f
• Greek: υποψηφιότητα (el) f (ypopsifiótita)
• Italian: candidatura (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kandidatur m or n

  Nynorsk: kandidatur m or n

• Polish: kandydatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: candidatura (pt) f
• Russian: кандидату́ра (ru) (kandidatúra)
• Spanish: candidatura (es) f
• Turkish: adaylık (tr)