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    nom·i·nate
    verb[ˈnäməˌnāt]
    nominate (verb) · nominates (third person present) · nominated (past tense) · nominated (past participle) · nominating (present participle)
    1. propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honor or award:
      "the film was nominated for several Oscars"
    2. specify (something) formally, typically the date or place for an event:
      "a day was nominated for the exchange of contracts"
    adjective
    zoology
    botany
    [ˈnämənət]
    nominate (adjective)
    1. denoting a race or subspecies that is given the same epithet as the species to which it belongs, for example, Homo sapiens sapiens:
      "the nominate race and two subspecies occur"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘named’): from Latin nominat- ‘named’, from the verb nominare, from nomen, nomin- ‘a name’. The verb senses are first found in English in the 16th century.
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    Nominate definition: to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office. See examples of NOMINATE used in a sentence.
    1. To propose as a candidate in an election or as one to be considered for an honor or prize: nominated him as their candidate for mayor; was nominated twice for an Academy Award. 2. To designate or appoint to an office or responsibility: "A quiet recruit who always does exactly what he is told ... is nominated to take the rap" (Thomas E. Ricks).
    When you suggest a person for a position in the government, or propose a theme for your school's prom, you nominate that person or idea, especially if it's done in an official way. In the United States, political parties hold primary elections and conventions to nominate candidates for president.
    If someone is nominated for a job or position, their name is formally suggested as a candidate for it. The public will be able to nominate candidates for awards such as the MBE. [VERB noun + for] ...a presidential decree nominating him as sports ambassador. [VERB noun + as]
  3. To officially choose someone
    nominate verb [T] (CHOOSE) to officially choose someone for a job or to do something: She was nominated as the delegation's official interpreter. [ + to infinitive ] President Yeltsin nominated acting prime minister Sergei Kiriyenko to head the government.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nominate
    nominated; nominating : to choose as a candidate for election, appointment, or honor especially : to propose for office nominated a senator for president
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nominate
    nominate verb (ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt) (mainly tr) to propose as a candidate, esp for an elective office to appoint to an office or position to name (someone) to act on one's behalf, esp to conceal one's identity (intr) Australian to stand as a candidate in an election archaic to name, entitle, or designate
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