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ap·pli·cant
 applicant
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- pronunciation:
- ae
plih
k
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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one who applies for something such as a job, college admission, or financial aid.
The company scheduled interviews with four out of the many qualified applicants.The state university accepts about half of its applicants.- synonyms:
- candidate
- similar words:
- aspirant, petitioner, postulant, suitor, suppliant, supplicant
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| related words: |
candidate, hopeful |
adjective + (n.)applicant
adverse, attractive, disabled, eligible, female, initial, legitimate, male, nursing, overweight, potential, prospective, qualified, rejected, selective, successful, unqualified
verb + (n.)applicant
advise,
approve,
assess,
attract,
check,
discriminate,
ensure,
evaluate,
favor,
grant,
hire,
inform,
interview,
permit,
process,
propose,
recruit,
reject,
require,
review,
screen,
select,
test,
verify,
weed
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(n.)applicant
+ verb
accept, admit, apply, compete, demonstrate, deny, list, must, narrow, obtain, possess, pray, qualify, rate, request, seek, submit, undergo
noun + (n.)applicant
agency,
application,
approval,
asylum,
cent,
characteristic,
credentials,
criterion,
discrimination,
employer,
examination,
genocide,
grant,
interview,
job,
lender,
license,
list,
loan,
minority,
mortgage,
number,
patent,
percentage,
permit,
requirement,
screening,
shortage,
testing,
visa
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The word applicant
contains the following parts:
ap-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ap-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "p." See ad-.
Example words:
plic, plex, ply
Latin
root
that means fold, plait
Example words:
accomplice, applicant, apply, complex, complicate, display, duplex, duplicate, explicable, explicate, implicate, implication, imply, inexplicable, multiplication, multiply1, perplex
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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