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# applicant

noun (an applicant, applicants)

«applicant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An applicant is a person who asks in writing or by a form to get something, such as a job, a place at a school, a passport or a loan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday and formal texts it names a person who applied. In maths problems it may be a count: how many applicants there are for how many places. Phrases: «job applicant», «successful applicant», «applicants must …».

### Examples

- There were 40 applicants for the job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x1)
- Each applicant filled in a form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x2)
- The successful applicant will start next week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x3)
- Applicants must be over 16. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x4)
- 120 applicants for 30 places: how many applicants per place? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x5)
- The school wrote to every applicant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x6)
- “It is spoken like a hero,” he admitted after a moment, “and if you cannot be matched on those terms it will not be from a dearth of applicants.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an applicant, applicants. From the verb apply; the action is an «application». Formal word. Maths: «applicants per place» = applicants ÷ places.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «applicant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«applicant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/applicant.html) on Mova free.