Of or pertaining to the genus Candida of yeasts.

(US, colloquial) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

present participle of candidate

simple past tense and past participle of candidate

(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

plural of candidate key

An election candidate with little chance of winning, who is added to the ballot for publicity and to increase the number standing.

plural of paper candidate

(software engineering) A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.

plural of darkhorse candidate