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
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.
• (confer a name upon): bename; see also denominate
nominate (not comparable)
(zoology) nominotypical
• 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
28 June 2024
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
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