nomination

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of officially suggesting someone for a job, position, or award.

   Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.

2. 2
   noun

   The state of having been proposed as a candidate for a job or election.

   There was strong competition for the party's nomination.

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.

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