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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
nom·i·na·tion       [nom-uh-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an act or instance of nominating, esp. to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
2.the state of being nominated.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L nōminātiōn- (s. of nōminātiō) a naming, nomination. See nominate, -ion]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nom·i·na·tion       (nŏm'ə-nā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of appointing a person to office.
  2. The act or an instance of submitting a name for candidacy or appointment.
  3. The state of being nominated.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nomination 
c.1412, "act of mentioning by name," from L. nominationem (nom. nominatio), from nominare "to name," from nomen (gen. nominis) "name" (see name). Meaning "fact of being proposed as a candidate" is attested from 1494. Nominate is a back-formation, attested from 1545 in the sense "to call by name," from 1601 with the meaning "to propose for election." Nominee is first attested 1664.

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nomination

noun
1. the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor" 
2. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested" 
3. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating speech

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Nomination

Nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.]

1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. --Clarendon.

2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.

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