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- pronunciation:
- na
m
neIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
nominates, nominating, nominated |
| definition 1: |
to choose as a candidate for election.
The students nominated three people for the position of class president.- similar words:
- appoint, recommend
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| definition 2: |
to choose for an office; to name for an honor.
The committee nominated Mr. Brown for the school board.We nominated her project as the best at the science fair.- synonyms:
- name
- similar words:
- appoint, choose, designate, elect, pick, propose, select, suggest
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| related words: |
assign, constitute |
adverb + (v.)nominate
formally, frequently, newly, officially
(v.)nominate
+ adverb
best, nationwide, twice
(v.)nominate
+ noun
actor,
actress,
album,
ambassador,
attorney,
award,
ballot,
bench,
candidate,
category,
cluster,
comedy,
conservative,
contest,
convention,
documentary,
dove,
drama,
essence,
finalist,
judge,
kindergarten,
peer,
petition,
picture,
premier,
presidency,
prize,
replacement,
secretary,
slate,
successor
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| derivation: |
nominator (n.) |
The word nominate
contains the following parts:
nom1, nomin, nomen
Latin
root
that means name
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- onomas, onomat, onym
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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