applicant B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/ See IPA manual Freq #27335 Meanings 1 noun A person who formally asks for something such as a job, a place at a school, or admission. Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who formally asks... applier Word family Forms applicants Derived forms nonapplicantreapplicant Etymology AI details From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply. applicans Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # applicant **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/ **Frequency rank:** 27335 ## Meanings 1. A person who formally asks for something such as a job, a place at a school, or admission. ## Examples - Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants. ## Derived Forms - nonapplicant - reapplicant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: applicans - Affix: -ant - one who ## Etymology From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply. ## AI Etymology Applicant comes from Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. Compare apply. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown