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candidacy | x |

As a noun candidacy

is the state, or act of being a candidate.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

candidacy

English

Noun

(candidacies)
  • the state, or act of being a candidate
  • * 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, . . .

    Related terms

    * candidate * candidature

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----