CANDIDACY

campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign

(noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

candidacy (countable and uncountable, plural candidacies)

The state of being a candidate.

Source: Wiktionary


Can"di*da*cy, n.

Definition: The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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