nomination

B2 Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/ UK /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #12475

Meanings

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

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

There was strong competition for the party's nomination.

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Word family

Forms nominations

Derived forms neknominationnonnominationprenominationrenomination

Related forms denomination nominate

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Phrases (1)

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republican nomination
official selection as the Republican Party's candidate for an election

Adjective + noun

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.

nominacion,nomination Middle English nominacion Middle French nōminātiō Latin

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Work & Careers

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# nomination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 12475

## Meanings
1. The act of officially suggesting someone for a job, position, or award.
2. The state of having been proposed as a candidate for a job or election.

## Examples
- Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.
- There was strong competition for the party's nomination.

## Derived Forms
- neknomination
- nonnomination
- prenomination
- renomination

## Related Forms
- denomination
- nominate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nominacion,nomination
- Root: nominacion
- Root: nōminātiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Nomination comes 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. Modern senses include the act of officially suggesting someone for a job, position, or award and the state of having been proposed as a candidate for a job or election. The wider word family includes derivatives such as neknomination, nonnomination, prenomination, and renomination and related forms such as denomination and nominate.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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