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nominate

[ verb nom-uh-neyt; adjective nom-uh-nit ]

verb (used with object)

, nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing.
  1. to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.

    Synonyms: choose, pick

  2. to appoint to a duty or office.
  3. to propose for an honor, award, or the like.
  4. Horse Racing. to register (a horse) as an entry in a race.
  5. to name; designate.
  6. Obsolete. to specify.


adjective

  1. having a particular name.

nominate

verb

  1. to propose as a candidate, esp for an elective office
  2. to appoint to an office or position
  3. to name (someone) to act on one's behalf, esp to conceal one's identity
  4. intr to stand as a candidate in an election
  5. archaic.
    to name, entitle, or designate


adjective

  1. rare.
    having a particular name

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Derived Forms

  • ˈnomiˌnator, noun

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Other Words From

  • nomi·nator noun
  • re·nomi·nate verb (used with object) renominated renominating
  • un·nomi·nated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nominate1

1475–85; < Latin nōminātus (past participle of nōmināre to name, call by name), equivalent to nōmin- (stem of nōmen; nomen ) + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nominate1

C16: from Latin nōmināre to call by name, from nōmen name

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Example Sentences

And they would, it seems, nominate any movie—no matter how inane—to get those big-name butts in the seats.

Drama schools were visited; members of the public were allowed to nominate themselves.

The Stalwarts had bolted the Red Gym and were holding a shadow convention to nominate their own candidates at the opera house.

Regardless, she's phenomenal, and it's egregious not to give her the Best Actress trophy, let alone not to even nominate her.

A federal agency simply has to “nominate” you if it has “reasonable suspicion”—which is slightly more than a hunch.

Thereon the major-general took on himself to nominate Prince Eugne as Murat's successor.

The proposed plan embodied the appointment of a Gov.-General, who would nominate a Cabinet to act with him.

George, however, wished to have the power to nominate a regent by an instrument revocable at pleasure.

In resigning the presidency he thought it his duty to nominate a successor, and his choice was ratified by the meeting.

After that term Fox suggested that the crown should nominate the commissioners, and meanwhile was to appoint to vacancies.

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