nominating speech
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- noun
- /ˈnɑːməˌneɪtɪŋ spiːch/
- Formal
:
discurso de nominación
- Bloomberg News confirms the stats from President Clinton's nominating speech Wednesday.
- give a nominating speech
- deliver a nominating speech
Examples
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Carter's nominating speech only deepened the disappointment.
Academic text (1991) -
Charley, by the way, did you write your nominating speech yet?
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Got to think up a nominating speech for Willoughby.
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Clinton became the first former president to deliver a nominating speech at a national political convention to speak in favor of the current president of his party.
Blog text (5) -
But what it boils down to is if, uh... I do a selling job on the... New York Committee, then I... I can give the nominating speech at the convention.
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During the convention, Sarah delivered a powerful nominating speech to propose her friend as a candidate.
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At the political rally, the senator gave an inspiring nominating speech for the upcoming election.
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The mayor's nominating speech emphasized the candidate's dedication to community service.
Synonyms
A formal speech at a political meeting that proposes someone for election
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an address to formally propose a candidate' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'nominate' (to formally propose) with 'speech' (an oral address); 'nominating' simply specifies the speech's purpose. This is a regular adjective+noun composition found across languages and follows standard English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Nominating speech comes from political meetings where someone stands up to formally name and praise a person for an office. Nominating means 'proposing a name' and speech is the talk they give, so the phrase means a formal talk that puts someone forward as the candidate.