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# candidacy

«candidacy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being a candidate in an election, or trying to be chosen…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a candidacy, candidacies)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Being a candidate in an election, or trying to be chosen for a job or position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In politics and news: «she announced her candidacy for president». In school elections, pupils announce their candidacy for school council. UK English also uses «candidature».

### examples

- She announced her candidacy for class president. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#x1)
- His candidacy for mayor surprised everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#x2)
- The party supported her candidacy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#x3)
- He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#x4)
- Write a speech to support your candidacy for school council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/#x5)

### note

Plural: candidacies. Formal. Related: candidate (the person), stand for/run for election.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «candidacy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidacy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.