~ (for sth) a person who makes a formal request for sth (= applies for it), especially for a job, a place at a college or university, etc:
There were over 500 applicants for the job. * Successful applicants will receive notification within the week. * applicants for admission / membership / the job
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for applicant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is applicant a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, applicant is tagged as noun.
Does applicant appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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