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1 Pol candidat/-e m/f ; the candidate for mayor/for Oxford le candidat à la mairie/pour Oxford ; a candidate for the presidency, a presidential candidate un candidat à la présidence ; parliamentary candidate candidat au parlement ; the Conservative candidate le candidat du parti conservateur ; to stand as a candidate (in an election) se porter candidat (à une élection) ; a strong/weak candidate un candidat bien/mal placé ;2 ( for job) candidat/-e m/f, postulant/-e m/f ; to be a likely candidate (for the job) être bien placé (pour obtenir le poste) ; the successful candidate will have a university degree ( in ad) le candidat retenu devra avoir un diplôme universitaire ;5 fig the sector is a candidate for restructuring/privatization le secteur est bien placé pour être restructuré/privatisé. -
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candidate ['kændɪdət]candidat(e) m,f;∎ to be a or to stand as candidate for mayor être candidat à la mairie;∎ presidential candidate candidat aux élections présidentielles;∎ successful candidates will have at least three years' experience les candidats retenus auront au moins trois ans d'expérience -
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presidential [‚prezɪ'denʃəl](elections, candidate) présidentiel; (aeroplane, suite) présidentiel, du président;∎ to nurse presidential ambitions or aspirations aspirer à ou ambitionner la présidence;∎ it's a presidential year c'est l'année des élections présidentielles►► presidential elections (élections fpl) présidentielles fpl;presidential hopeful présidentiable mfUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > presidential
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4 presidential
presidential [‚prezɪˈden∫əl]a. [decision, suite, style] présidentielb. ( = of one specific President) [staff, envoy, representative] du Président* * *[ˌprezɪ'denʃl]adjective [election, government, term] présidentiel/-ielle; [race, candidate] à la présidence; [adviser, office, policy] du président -
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presidential adj [election, government, term] présidentiel/-ielle ; [race, candidate] à la présidence ; [adviser, office, policy] du président. -
6 vice-presidential
vice-présidentiel►► vice-presidential candidate candidat m à la vice-présidenceUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > vice-presidential
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vice-presidential adj [candidate, race] à la vice-présidence ; [residence] vice-présidentiel/-ielle. -
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adjective [candidate, race] à la vice-présidence; [residence] vice-présidentiel/-ielle -
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10 convention
[kən'venʃən]1) (a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom: Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.) usage2) (in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.) convention3) (an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.) congrès•- conventionality -
11 contest
1. nouna. ( = call into question) contesterb. ( = compete for) disputer• to contest a seat [candidate] disputer un siège━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque contest est un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈkɒntest, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: kənˈtest.* * *1. ['kɒntest]1) ( competition) concours mfishing contest — concours m de pêche
sports contest — rencontre f sportive
it's no contest — c'est couru (colloq) d'avance
2) ( struggle) lutte f2. [kən'test]transitive verb1) ( object to) contester2) ( compete for) Sport disputer [match]strongly contested — Politics âprement disputé
to contest an election — Politics se présenter à une élection
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