1. Propose as a candidate for some honour
   - put up, put forward 
2. Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honour or position
   "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
   - propose 
3. Charge with a function; charge to be
   - name, make 
4. Create and charge with a task or function
   "nominate a committee"
   - appoint, name, constitute

Derived forms: nominated, nominates, nominating

See also: nomination, nominative, nominator

Type of: appoint, charge, choose, constitute, establish, found, institute, pick out, plant, select, take

Encyclopedia: Nominate

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