nominate
Plural: nominates
Verb
Verb Forms: nominated, nominating, nominates
- To propose someone formally as a candidate for election or an award.
- propose as a candidate for some honor
- 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"
- charge with a function; charge to be
- create and charge with a task or function
- "nominate a committee"
- To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
- To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
- To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
- To entitle, confer a name upon.
Adj
- Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
- Mentioned by name, noted.
- Nominated to an office.
- Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.
- nominotypical
Noun
- A nominee.
Examples
- an executor nominate / a nominate executor
- I’d nominate myself for ’best Scrabble player’ after that 100-point word.
- the nominate subspecies
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*h₁nómn̥
The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Synonyms
appoint, constitute, make, name, propose, put forward, put up, bename, denominate, specify
Scrabble Score: 10
nominate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnominate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nominate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary