What does nominate mean?
Definitions for nominate
ˈnɒm əˌneɪt; -nɪtnom·i·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
nominate, put up, put forwardverb
propose as a candidate for some honor
nominate, proposeverb
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"
name, nominate, makeverb
charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
appoint, name, nominate, constituteverb
create and charge with a task or function
"nominate a committee"
Wiktionary
nominateverb
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
nominateverb
To entitle, confer a name upon.
Etymology: From nominatus, perfect passive participle of nomino, from nomen.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To NOMINATEverb
Etymology: nomino, Latin.
Suddenly to nominate them all,
It is impossible. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.One lady, I may civilly spare to nominate, for her sex’s sake, whom he termed the spider of the court. Henry Wotton.
Aread, old father, why of late
Didst thou behight me born of English blood,
Whom all a fairy’s son doen nominate. Fairy Q.If you repay me not on such a day, let the forfeit
Be nominated for an equal pound
Of your fair flesh to be cut off. William Shakespeare.Never having intended, never designed any heir in that sense, we cannot expect he should nominate or appoint any person to it. John Locke.
Wikipedia
nominate
Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. A collection of nominees narrowed from the full list of candidates is a short list.
ChatGPT
nominate
To nominate is to formally suggest or propose someone or something for a position, role, task, award, or consideration. This act usually implies a recommendation or endorsement of the individual or item in question. It is often used in the context of politics, positions of leadership, appointments, and various types of awards.
Webster Dictionary
Nominateverb
to mention by name; to name
Nominateverb
to call; to entitle; to denominate
Nominateverb
to set down in express terms; to state
Nominateverb
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
Etymology: [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nominate
nom′in-āt, v.t. to name: to mention by name: to appoint: to propose by name, as for an office or for an appointment.—adv. Nom′inātely, by name.—ns. Nom′inātion, the act or power of nominating: state of being nominated; Nom′inātion-game, in billiards, a game in which the player has to name beforehand what stroke he is leading.—adjs. Nominātī′val; Nom′inātive, naming: (gram.) applied to the case of the subject.—n. the naming case, the case in which the subject is expressed.—adv. Nom′inātively.—n. Nom′inātor, one who nominates.—Nominative absolute, a grammatical construction in which we have a subject (noun or pronoun) combined with a participle, but not connected with a finite verb or governed by any other words, as 'All being well, I will come.' [L. nomināre, -ātum, to name—nomen.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'nominate' in Verbs Frequency: #1100
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The numerical value of nominate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
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Examples of nominate in a Sentence
He could nominate a more liberal candidate who would have no real chance of getting through a Republican Senate - in which case this would become a salient political issue in 2016.
As a pastor and father, the issue of life is deeply personal to me. Weve got our best chance in decades to strike down Roe V. Wade. Lets take it, @realdonaldtrumpis going to nominate a pro-life conservative and the Senate needs to do their job and confirm without delay.
The President can nominate whoever The President wants to. I dare say it's very difficult to get a DNI nominee through the confirmation process.
It picks at what's been a very, very bad scab for Republicans for a long time, i think the party if they nominate him will be committing an abortion on itself.
President Trump raised the bar for what it means to be a pro-life presidential candidate and president. As a candidate, he made written commitments to the pro-life movement and exposed Hillary Clinton’s extreme abortion views on the debate stage. As president, he kept his promises to the pro-life movement, chief among them to only nominate pro-life judges to the Supreme Court.
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