nominate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To officially suggest someone as a candidate for a job, position, or award.

   She was nominated for an Academy Award.

2. 2
   verb

   To choose or appoint someone to a role or task.

   The team nominated Anna to lead the project.

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.

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