nominate

English

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁nómn̥

The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɒm.ə.neɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mə.neɪt/

Verb

nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
2. (cue sports) To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
3. (sociology) To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
   • 2014-09-24, Rob Gommans and Antonius H. N. Cillessen, “Nominating under constraints: A systematic comparison of unlimited and limited peer nomination methodologies in elementary school”, in International Journal of Behavioral Development‎, volume 39, →DOI, page 77:

     In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question.

4. (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
   • 1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

Synonyms

• (confer a name upon): bename; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (specify): name; see also Thesaurus:specify

Related terms

• denominate
• nomination

Translations

to name someone for a particular role or position

Arabic: رَشَّحَ (raššaḥa), عَيَّنَ (ar) (ʕayyana) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: назнача́ць impf (naznačácʹ), назна́чыць pf (naznáčycʹ), прызнача́ць impf (pryznačácʹ), прызна́чыць pf (pryznáčycʹ) Bulgarian: номини́рам impf or pf (nominíram), назнача́вам (bg) impf (naznačávam), назнача́ pf (naznačá) Catalan: nominar (ca), nomenar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 提名 (zh) (tímíng), 指名 (zh) (zhǐmíng) Czech: nominovat impf or pf Danish: nominere Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: asettaa ehdolle (fi) French: nommer (fr), nominer (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: nominieren (de) Greek: αναγορεύω (el) (anagorévo) Hungarian: jelöl (hu) Icelandic: tilnefna Indonesian: menunjuk (id) Japanese: 指名する (ja) (しめいする, shimei suru), ノミネートする (ja) (nominēto suru) Khmer: តែងតាំង (km) (taengtang) Korean: 지명하다 (ko) (jimyeonghada), 노미네이트하다 (nomineiteuhada) Macedonian: назна́чува impf (naznáčuva), на́значи pf (náznači), номини́ра impf or pf (nominíra) Maltese: innomina Maori: whakaingoa, tautapa Persian: نامیدن (fa) (nâmidan) Polish: nominować (pl) impf or pf Portuguese: nomear (pt) Russian: назнача́ть (ru) impf (naznačátʹ), назна́чить (ru) pf (naznáčitʹ) Scottish Gaelic: ainmich Slovak: nominovať impf or pf Spanish: postular (es), nominar (es) Tagalog: isangalan, sangalanin, ngalanin Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: визнача́ти impf (vyznačáty), ви́значити pf (význačyty), признача́ти impf (pryznačáty), призна́чити pf (pryznáčyty) Vietnamese: đề cử (vi)

Adjective

nominate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, as a participle) Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
2. (obsolete) Mentioned by name, noted.
3. (obsolete) Nominated to an office.

   an executor nominate / a nominate executor

4. (obsolete) Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.
5. (zoology) nominotypical

   the nominate subspecies

Derived terms

• nominate contract
• nominate executor

Noun

nominate (plural nominates) (obsolete)

1. A nominee.

Anagrams

• Timonean, antinome

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

nominate

1. inflection of nominare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

nominate f pl

1. feminine plural of nominato

Anagrams

• monetina

Latin

Verb

nōmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of nōminō

Participle

nōmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of nōminātus

Spanish

Verb

nominate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of nominar combined with te