Noun

(en noun)

A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.

A participant in an examination.

Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.

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, title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}

Synonym for candidate gene.

Noun

(en noun)

(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:

And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

(baseball) The head coach.

(music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (rfex)

(computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the software.

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