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nomination

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As a noun, nomination means an act or instance of nominating.

Meanings of nomination

5 meanings

noun

  1. An act or instance of nominating.

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

  3. The act of officially naming a candidate

    “the Republican nomination for Governor”

  4. The condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

    “there was keen competition for the nomination”

    “his nomination was hotly protested”

  5. An address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election

    “the nomination was brief and to the point”

    Similar: nominating speech, nominating address

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing …
nominating speechnominating address

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