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nomination

nomination

734 3.3
A formal choice of someone to be a candidate for a job or award
  • noun
  • /ˌnɑːməˈneɪʃən/
translation icon : nominación
  • With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for Presidency of the United States.
  • submit a nomination
  • receive a nomination
  • a nomination form

He got a Golden Globe Award nomination for that role.

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Examples

  • The Academy Award nomination was for best screenplay.

  • However slightly, it might hurt his chances for nomination as state senator.

    After Office Hours (1935)

  • So let me be clear, I do not want nor will I accept the nomination for our party.

  • The one track would be is that you get the nomination by the committee by a vote, right.

  • You voted to approve his nomination to be Secretary of State.

  • I profoundly accept this nomination for President of the United States.

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • I enthusiastically supported his nomination for attorney general, and I was wrong.

  • As of this writing, no candidate on either side has officially won their party's nomination.

    Academic text (2008)

  • BILL RICHARDSON, Governor of New Mexico, is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

    Academic text (2008)

  • I was thrilled when I received my nomination for the Best Actor award at the film festival.

Synonyms

designation
vsnomination
  • Formal
15 4.9

The official act of giving someone a job, title, or status

is about proposing someone as a candidate not assigning the job directly
naming
vsnomination
  • Formal
4 3.5

Choosing someone for a job or official position, not by election

is a proposal stage suggesting someone as a candidate rather than filling the role
nom
vsnomination
  • Informal
1 8.6

Informal short word for a choice for an award or position

is an official act and formal proposal of someone for a position

Antonyms

withdrawal
  • Formal
39 5.0

Leaving a group, country, or agreement

How Official

confirmation
  • Formal
230 2.5
appointment
  • Formal
183 2.5
nomination
734 3.3
to shortlist
3 4.1
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

nomination singular
nominations plural

Morphology

nomination = nominate (transparent) = nominate + ion

Standard noun formation from the verb 'nominate' with '-ion' yielding 'the act or result of nominating'.

Etymology

Nomination comes from the Latin root nomen, which means 'name', and the verb nominate, which means 'to name'. So a nomination is the act of officially naming or proposing someone for a job, office, or award.