Nominate

Definitions: Nominate

Nominate

Verb

1. Propose as a candidate for some honor.

2. Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission".

3. Charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club".

4. Charge with a task or function; "appoint someone president"; "nominate a committee".

Date "nominate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)

Note: Nominate \Nom"i*nate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Nominated; present participle verb or noun Nominating.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Fine Arts	To enter someone in a contest. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Nominate

Synonyms: appoint (v), constitute (v), make (v), name (v), propose (v), put forward (v), put up (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Commission	Put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Nominate

English words defined with "nominate": Lord lieutenant ♦ Nominating ♦ propose ♦ Writ of privilege. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nominate": Nominate ♦ State Historic Preservation Officer. (references)

Etymologies containing "nominate": Nominee, Nominor. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	This year, I'd like to nominate my teacher- Ms. Krabappel. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Lyrics	Or nominate me ("I'm a Thug"; performing artist: Trick Daddy)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	It'll Be Ms. Prez And Ms. Veep As Both Parties Nominate Women For Election -- A Future Leadership Challenge? [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) The Taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae With a Revision of the Nominate Subgenus and a survey Of Courtship Behavior) (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 2: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. (reference)
Amendment to US Constitution	1795-2038	Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Germany renounces all rights and privileges arising from the arrangements of 1911 and 1912 regarding Liberia, and particularly the right to nominate a German Receiver of Customs in Liberia. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Bulgaria	Media representatives will be obliged to cover Cabinet activities from a specified location near the Council, only the first few minutes of Council sessions are to be filmed, and media will have to nominate a maximum of five reporters to report from the Council, rather than simply entering with their press cards. (references)
Economic History	Czech Republic	As formal head of state, he is granted specific powers such as the right to nominate Constitutional Court judges, dissolve parliament under certain conditions, and enact a veto on legislation. (references)
	China	Although wholly foreign-owned companies are not required to nominate Chinese nationals to their upper management, in practice, expatriate personnel normally occupy only a small number of managerial and technical slots. (references)
Human Rights	Ukraine	Although local court judges can also nominate their own chairmen, the Ministry of Justice appoints them. (references)
	Ukraine	The reforms also give commercial, appellate, and Supreme Court judges the right to nominate and elect their own chairmen. (references)
	Macau	The Chief Executive, the President of the Legislative Assembly, and the President of the Court of Final Appeal nominate the SAR members. (references)
Political Economy	Kuwait	The next scheduled elections will be in 2003. Candidates nominate themselves and must be adult male, Kuwaiti citizens. (references)
	Ukraine	The amendments also provided for a unified system of courts, introduced an appellate process, and allowed appellate and commercial courts, as well as the Supreme Court, to nominate and elect their own chairmen. (references)
	BANGLADESH	To engage in collective bargaining, each union must nominate representatives to a Collective Bargaining Authority (CBA) committee, which the Registrar of Trade Unions must approve after reviewing the selection process. (references)
Political Rights	Morocco	However, the King may nominate walis himself. (references)
	Bhutan	Each village is permitted to nominate one candidate but must do so by consensus. (references)
	Kuwait	Because of the ban on political parties, Assembly candidates must nominate themselves. (references)
Worker Rights	Cambodia	Legal ambiguities also exist in the process by which unions nominate shop stewards. (references)
	Cambodia	The Labor Law provides unions the right to negotiate with management over wages and working conditions and allows unions to nominate candidates for shop steward positions. (references)
	Kenya	During this 21-day period, the Minister may mediate the dispute, nominate an arbitrator, or refer the matter to the Industrial Court, a body of five judges appointed by the President, for binding arbitration. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Nominate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.40% of the time. "Nominate" is used about 254 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	87.4%	222	20,237
Lexical Verb (base form)	7.87%	20	78,262
Adjective (general or positive)	3.94%	10	111,207
Noun (proper)	0.39%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	0.39%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	254	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "nominate": self-nominate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "nominate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		benoem (appoint, call). (various references)

Albanian		quaj (account for, call, consider, count, denominate, entitle, label, name, rate, regard), propozoj (hold forth, move, offer, propose, slate, suggest, tender), emëroj (appoint, instal, install, name, rubricate), caktoj (allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate, arrange, assign, award, call, constitute, designate, detail, fix, instal, install, instate, intend, lay on, make, mete, name, order, put, qualify, set, tell off, zone). (various references)

Arabic		‏نزل فرسا في سباق, ‏نصب (constitute, install, put up, roguery, set up, statue, swindle), ‏ترشح (candidate, elect, filter, oozing, percolate, present, put in, run, run for office, stand, transpire), ‏سمى (denominate, designate, name, style, term, title), ‏عين في وظيفة, ‏إختار (choose, cull, discriminate, elect, name, opt, pack, pick out, plump for, pronounce, select, single, slate, tag, take, tap), ‏رشح لمنصب, ‏رشح (basing, distil, filter, filtrate, infiltrate, leach, leak, leakage, lixiviate, ooze, ooze away, percolate, secrete, seep, still, sweat, transpiration, transpire, trickle). (various references)

Bulgarian		определям (allot, allow, assign, characterize, define, design, determine, fix, give, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, settle, spot, state), наричам (call, dub, label), назовавам (denominate, style, term), назначавам (constitute, designate, institute, make, name, place, prefer, put in, set), именувам (name). (various references)

Chinese		提名 . (various references)

Czech		nominovat, navrhnout za kandidáta, jmenovat (appoint, call, designate, dub, name, vote). (various references)

Dutch		benoemen (appoint, call). (various references)

Esperanto		nomumi (appoint). (various references)

Farsi		معرفی کردن (Inset, Introduce, Present, Recommend), نامیدن (Call, Entitle, Name, Style, Term), نامزدکردن (Betroth, Designate, Engage, Espouse), کاندیدکردن . (various references)

Finnish		nimittää (appoint, call, name, term), nimetä (name). (various references)

French		nommer. (various references)

German		nominieren, ernennen (appoint, call, constitute, deputize, name, post, to appoint, to deputize, to nominate). (various references)

Greek		προτείνω (move, name to, offer, prefer, proffer, propose, propound, put in, recommend, suggest), διορίζω (appoint, assign, constitute, depurate, depute, deputize, designate, name, name to, ordain). (various references)

Hungarian		kinevez (appoint, to appoint, to commission, to name, to nominate), jelöl megválasztásra. (various references)

Indonesian		mencalonkan. (various references)

Italian		nominare (appoint, assign, designate, mention, name, title). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ノイマン型 (christmas, fungo, Hague, heart, Hercules, hook, knob, knock, knockdown, knocker, knocking, knock-on, knockout, knot, know, know-how, knowledge, nautical mile per hour, Neumann-type, neuron, neurosis, no, noctovision, nocturne, nominal, nominal price, nomination, nomogram, nomograph, non career, non cling, non store retailing, non troppo, non-attachment disease, nonbank banking, nonbook, nonchalant, non-conforming design, nonfiction, nonius, nonpolitical, non-professional, nonrun, non-sectarian, nonsense, nonslip, nonstop, non-terminal, nontitle match, non-verbal, non-verbal communication, Noraism, Nordic, Norma, Normandy, Norway, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostalgie, notation, notch, notchback, notch-filter, nova, Nova Scotia, novel, novelty, nozzle, number, swastika, unaffiliated, vernier calipers, vernier micrometer), 指名 (designate, name). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ノミネート , しめい (designate, errand, fate, full name, identity, life or death, message, mission, name). (various references)

Korean		임명하십시�" (Appoint). (various references)

Manx		enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, specify, style, superscription, term, terminology, title). (various references)

Pig Latin		ominatenay

Portuguese		nomear (appoint, assign, call, choose, create, denominate, depute, designate, elect, institute, name, pick out, place, prefer), só de nome, designar (appoint, ascribe, attach, choose, define, denominate, design, designate, destine, determine, elect, Mark, name, pick out, prefer), chamar pelo nome (name). (various references)

Romanian		numi (appoint, call, constitute, designate, make, name, place, put, surname), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, nail down, name, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state, verify), propune drept candidat, propune candidatura, fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, Mount, nail, nail down, name, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), desemna drept candidat. (various references)

Russian		выставлять кандидатуру, выставлять (display, exhibit, expose, obtrude, pitting, set out), выдвигать кандидата, назначать на должность (commission, designate, induct). (various references)

Scottish		ainmich (mention). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nominovati, nazvati (call, christen, name, style, term), naimenovati (name). (various references)

Spanish		nombrar (appoint, commission, name, post, put forward, put up, slate, term), proponer la candidatura de. (various references)

Swedish		utse (choose, name, select), utnämna (appoint, create, designate, name). (various references)

Thai		แต่งตั้งให้�"ำรงตำแหน่งหรือรับหน้าที่, ไ�"้รับการเสนอชื่อเข้ารับรางวัลหรือชิงตำแหน่ง. (various references)

Turkish		tayin etmek (appoint, commission, deputize, designate, institute, name, post, prefer, station), resmen kararlaştırmak, atamak (accredit, advance, appoint, assign, co opt, commission, constitute, coopt, create, depute, deputize, designate, elect, install, institute, ordain, post, prefer, station), aday olarak göstermek. (various references)

Turkmen		bellenmek (make known). (various references)

Ukranian		уточняти дату, іменувати (denominate), висувати кандидата, визначати дату, називати по імені, призначати на посаду (assign, commission, induct). (various references)

Welsh		enwebu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	monstro, nominare. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nominate": nominated, nominates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "nominate": denominate, innominate, prenominate, renominate. (additional references)
	Words containing "nominate": denominated, denominates, prenominated, prenominates, renominated, renominates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nominate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: innominata, Naginata, newmanite, noiminate, nomainate, nomian. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nominate" (pronounced nÄ"munā't)
7	n Ä" m u n ā' t	denominate.
6	-Ä" m u n ā' t	dominate, predominate.
5	-m u n ā' t	contaminate, culminate, decontaminate, determinate, discriminate, disseminate, eliminate, emanate, exterminate, fulminate, germinate, illuminate, incriminate, inseminate, renominate, ruminate, terminate.
4	-u n ā' t	agglutinate, alienate, assassinate, carbonate, chlorinate, concatenate, decaffeinate, detonate, fascinate, halogenate, hydrogenate, hyphenate, impersonate, indoctrinate, insubordinate, isocyanate, italianate, marinate, originate, oxygenate, pollinate, procrastinate, rejuvenate, resonate, subordinate, titanate, urinate.
3	-n ā' t	designate, donate, hibernate, impregnate, reincarnate, stagnate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: amniote, enation, mannite, mention, montane, nonmeat.
	-2 letters: amnion, anoint, anomie, eonian, etamin, inmate, innate, intone, manito, nation, nomina, omenta, tamein, tinman, tinmen.
	-3 letters: ament, amine, amino, amnio, anent, anime, anion, atone, entia, inane, matin, meant, menta, minae, monie, monte, niton, nomen, nonet, oaten, tenia, tenon, tinea, toman, tonne.
	-4 letters: aeon, amen, amie, amin, anon.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: anthemion, emanation, melatonin, mentation, nominated, nominates.
	+2 letters: anointment, antimodern, antimonide, antimonies, antinomies, antonymies, denominate, emanations, emendation, enantiomer, gemination, innominate, melatonins, mentations, nominative, numeration, obtainment, ordainment, renominate.
	+3 letters: aminopterin, anointments, anonymities, antimoderns, antimonides, appointment, cementation, centimorgan, condimental, containment, contaminate, deamination, denominated, denominates, denominator, elimination, emendations, enamoration, enantiomers, enumeration, examination, fomentation, geminations, germination, inseminator, lamentation, mensuration, mentionable, methanation, mountaineer, necromantic, nitrosamine, nominatives, nonemphatic, nonmagnetic, nonmaterial, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nonterminal, numerations, obtainments, ordainments, ornamenting, predominant, prenominate, reanimation, recombinant, renominated, renominates, termination, unemotional.
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