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nomination

noun
/ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/US/ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/UK

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.

  1. derived from nōminātiō
  2. derived from nominacion
  3. inherited from nominacion,nomination

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of nominating.

    • Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.
    • The committee announced his nomination for the position of president.
    • After the nomination, he was required to accept or decline the offer.

  2. The result of such a nomination act.

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

The neighborhood

Derived

neknomination, nomination borough, nomination game, nonnomination, prenomination, renomination

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nomination. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA