NOMINATE

nominate, put up, put forward

(verb) propose as a candidate for some honor

appoint, name, nominate, constitute

(verb) create and charge with a task or function; “nominate a committee”

name, nominate, make

(verb) charge with a function; charge to be; “She was named Head of the Committee”; “She was made president of the club”

nominate, propose

(verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; “The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

(obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.

Synonyms

• (confer a name upon): bename; see also denominate

Adjective

nominate (not comparable)

(zoology) nominotypical

Anagrams

• Timonean, antinome

Source: Wiktionary


Nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating.] Etym: [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]

1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.] To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.

2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.] Is it so noiminated in the bond Shak.

4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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