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 Definitions of nominate  [ˈnɒm ə nl i]  

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Definition of 'nominate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) nominate
to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.

2.  nominate
to appoint to a duty or office.

3.  nominate
to propose for an honor, award, or the like.

4.  nominate
to name; designate.

5. (adj.) nominate
having a particular name.

Etymology:  (1475–85; < L nōminātus, ptp. of nōmināre to name, call by name, v. der. of nōmenname ; see -ate1)

Definition of 'nominate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) nominate, put up, put forward
propose as a candidate for some honor

2. (verb) nominate, propose
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"

3. (verb) name, nominate, make
charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

4. (verb) appoint, name, nominate, constitute
create and charge with a task or function
"nominate a committee"


Definition of 'nominate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) nominate
to choose sb to be a candidate in an election
I'd like to nominate Jo Allen for the post of treasurer.


Definition of 'nominate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) nominate
to mention by name; to name

2. (verb) nominate
to call; to entitle; to denominate

3. (verb) nominate
to set down in express terms; to state

4. (verb) nominate
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


Translation of 'nominate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to name (someone) for possible election to a particular job etc
They nominated him as captain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: benoem, nomineer Arabic flag Arabic: يُسَمّي، يُرَشِّح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: номинирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nomear Czech flag Czech: jmenovat German flag German: ernennen
Danish flag Danish: nominere; foreslå som Greek flag Greek: προτείνω, υποδεικνύω κπ. Spanish flag Spanish: nombrar
Estonian flag Estonian: (kohale) esitama Farsi flag Farsi: کانديد کردن Finnish flag Finnish: nimetä
French flag French: nommer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְמָנוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: नामांकित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: imenovati, predložiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: jelöl Indonesian flag Indonesian: menunjuk sebagai
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útnefna; tilnefna Italian flag Italian: nominare Japanese flag Japanese: 指命する
Korean flag Korean: 후보자로 지명하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paskirti, iškelti kandida Latvian flag Latvian: izvirzīt/nosaukt kandidāt
Malay flag Malay: mencalonkan Dutch flag Dutch: benoemen Norwegian flag Norwegian: nominere, innstille
Polish flag Polish: mianować Persian flag Persian: کانديد کردن Pashto flag Pashto: كانديد كيدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nomear Romanian flag Romanian: a numi; a propune, a nomi Russian flag Russian: выставлять, предлагать ка
Slovak flag Slovak: vymenovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: imenovati Serbian flag Serbian: nominovati
Swedish flag Swedish: nominera, föreslå Thai flag Thai: แต่งตั้งให้ดำรงตำแหน่งหรื Turkish flag Turkish: aday göstermek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 提名, 推薦 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: призначати Urdu flag Urdu: نامزد کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đề cử Chinese flag Chinese: 提名,推荐

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