nominate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   create and charge with a task or function

   nominate a committee

2. 2
   verb

   put forward

   nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

3. 3
   verb

   To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.

   In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question.

4. 4
   verb

   To entitle, confer a name upon.

   1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

5. 5
   adj

   Nominated to an office.

   an executor nominate / a nominate executor

6. 6
   adj

   nominotypical

   the nominate subspecies

7. 7
   verb

   propose as a candidate for some honor

8. 8
   verb

   charge with a function

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.