Definitions for nominate

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nominate nom·i·nate

Spelling: [verb nom-uh-neyt; adjective Nominate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 316 anagrams from letters in nominate (aeimnnot).

Definitions for nominate

adjective

1. having a particular name.

verb (used with object)

1. to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
2. to appoint to a duty or office.
3. to propose for an honor, award, or the like.
4. Horse Racing. to register (a horse) as an entry in a race.
5. to name; designate.
6. Obsolete. to specify.

Origin of nominate

1475-85; Latin nōminātus (past participle of nōmināre to name, call by name), equivalent to nōmin- (stem of nōmen; see nomen) + -ātus Examples for nominate

I've the power to nominate whom I like, and Viola it shall be.

They intended to nominate her and proceeded to root energetically for her.

When President Barack Obama had to nominate justices to the Supreme Court, many liberals said they wanted a “liberal Scalia.”

His uncle could nominate me to posts of honour fit for a caballero.

The Stalwarts had bolted the Red Gym and were holding a shadow convention to nominate their own candidates at the opera house.

A federal agency simply has to “nominate” you if it has “reasonable suspicion”—which is slightly more than a hunch.

As a party they made no concerted effort to nominate candidates.

"But you are not in a position to nominate the questions that I am to put to myself," she said.

Drama schools were visited; members of the public were allowed to nominate themselves.

And they would, it seems, nominate any movie—no matter how inane—to get those big-name butts in the seats.