nomination

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of officially naming a candidate

   the Republican nomination for Governor

2. 2
   noun

   an address, usually at a political convention, proposing the name of a candidate to run for election

   The nomination was brief and to the point.

3. 3
   noun

   the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

   there was keen competition for the nomination

4. 4
   noun

   An act or instance of nominating.

   Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.

5. 5
   noun

   The result of such a nomination act.

6. 6
   noun

   A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.

Etymology

From Middle English nominacion, nomination, from Middle French nominacion and its etymon Latin nōminātiō, from the verb nōminō (“to name; to nominate”). By surface analysis, nominate + -ion.