strong candidate
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- noun
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candidato fuerte
- Many believe that her unique qualifications make her a strong candidate for the award this year.
- potentially strong candidates
But it's become pretty clear in recent days that Arnie Slott is a strong candidate for the position.
- But it's become pretty clear in recent days that Arnie Slott is a strong candidate for the position.
- I think Biden is not a strong candidate to be Trump.
- Barack Obama has won his second term handily over over a strong a rather strong candidate in Mitt Romney.
Examples
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Many campus career centers offer workshops on how to dress for success, and strong candidates attend training on how to dress and communicate nonverbally long before onsite interviews.
Academic text (2015) -
After reviewing all the applicants, we concluded that he is a strong candidate for the management position.
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We have film of some people we think are strong candidates.
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Angry Birds is a strong candidate for the most successful game of all time.
Blog text (32) -
A strong candidate makes a demonstration lesson very interesting to students.
Academic text (2015) -
The Dems are gonna have to do their homework and field a strong candidate.
Blog text (24) -
But it's become pretty clear in recent days that Arnie Slott is a strong candidate for the position.
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Strong candidates answer BBI-style questions by explaining past experience and expertise with the topic of the question.
Academic text (2015) -
Others cautioned that requiring a president to have teaching experience potentially eliminates strong candidates unnecessarily.
Academic text (2010) -
She is a strong candidate for the scholarship because of her excellent grades and community service.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who is likely to be chosen for a job or prize
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The person most preferred for a job or role
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an applicant who is highly qualified and likely to be successful' is directly derived from combining the adjective 'strong' (able, powerful, of high quality) with 'candidate' (a person being considered). This is a regular adjective + noun composition found cross-linguistically and follows normal English modifier patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun strong candidate comes from putting strong meaning powerful or good with candidate meaning an applicant. Imagine a person who clearly has more skills and experience than others and so is most likely to get the job. So strong candidate means 'an applicant very likely to succeed'.