NOMINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nominate mean? 

• NOMINATE (verb)
  The verb NOMINATE has 4 senses:

1. propose as a candidate for some honor

2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

3. charge with a function; charge to be

4. create and charge with a task or function

  Familiarity information: NOMINATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOMINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nominate    ... he / she / it nominates   
Past simple: nominated   
Past participle: nominated   
-ing form: nominating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Propose as a candidate for some honor

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

nominate; put forward; put up

Hypernyms (to "nominate" is one way to...):

nominate; propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)

nomination (an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election)

nomination (the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election)

nominative (appointed by nomination)

nominator (someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

nominate; propose

Context example:

The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission

Hypernyms (to "nominate" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nominate"):

nominate; put forward; put up (propose as a candidate for some honor)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

nominative (appointed by nomination)

nominator (someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Charge with a function; charge to be

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

make; name; nominate

Context example:

She was made president of the club

Hypernyms (to "nominate" is one way to...):

appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nominate"):

rename (name again or anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Sentence example:

They nominate him to write the letter

Derivation:

nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)

nominative (appointed by nomination)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Create and charge with a task or function

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

appoint; constitute; name; nominate

Context example:

nominate a committee

Hypernyms (to "nominate" is one way to...):

constitute; establish; found; institute; plant (set up or lay the groundwork for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nominate"):

pack (set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome)

co-opt (appoint summarily or commandeer)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)

nominative (appointed by nomination)

 Context examples 

I understand that you have not publicly nominated your man, Sir Charles?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Perhaps he voted for somebody, or lent money to somebody, or bought something of somebody, or otherwise obliged somebody, or jobbed for somebody, who knew somebody who got the lieutenant of the county to nominate him for the commission.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)