Meanings
present singular third person nominates · participle present nominating · participle past nominated · past nominated
- human sciencesTo designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
verbTo entitle, confer a name upon.
More synonyms by meaning
verbput forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnōminātus
- Middle Englishnominat(e)“named, designated”
- Englishnominate
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَشَّحَ, عَيَّنَ
- رَشَّحَ (raššaḥa)to name someone for a particular role or position
- عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana)to name someone for a particular role or position
Bulgarian номини́рам, назнача́вам
- номини́рам (nominíram)to name someone for a particular role or position
- назнача́вам (naznačávam)to name someone for a particular role or position
- назнача́ (naznačá)to name someone for a particular role or position
Catalan nominar, nomenar
- nominarto name someone for a particular role or position
- nomenarto name someone for a particular role or position
Chinese Mandarin 提名, 指名
- 提名 (tímíng)to name someone for a particular role or position
- 指名 (zhǐmíng)to name someone for a particular role or position
Czech nominovat
- nominovatto name someone for a particular role or position
Danish nominere
- nominereto name someone for a particular role or position
Finnish asettaa ehdolle
- asettaa ehdolleto name someone for a particular role or position
French nommer, nominer
- nommerto name someone for a particular role or position
- nominerto name someone for a particular role or position
German nominieren
- nominierento name someone for a particular role or position
Greek αναγορεύω
- αναγορεύω (anagorévo)to name someone for a particular role or position
Hungarian jelöl
- jelölto name someone for a particular role or position
Icelandic tilnefna
- tilnefnato name someone for a particular role or position
Indonesian menunjuk
- menunjukto name someone for a particular role or position
Japanese 指名する, ノミネートする
- 指名する (shimei suru)to name someone for a particular role or position
- ノミネートする (nominēto suru)to name someone for a particular role or position
Korean 지명하다, 노미네이트하다
- 지명하다 (jimyeonghada)to name someone for a particular role or position
- 노미네이트하다 (nomineiteuhada)to name someone for a particular role or position
Māori whakaingoa, tautapa
- whakaingoato name someone for a particular role or position
- tautapato name someone for a particular role or position
Persian نامیدن
- نامیدن (nâmidan)to name someone for a particular role or position
Polish nominować
- nominowaćto name someone for a particular role or position
Portuguese nomear
- nomearto name someone for a particular role or position
Russian назнача́ть, назна́чить
- назнача́ть (naznačátʹ)to name someone for a particular role or position
- назна́чить (naznáčitʹ)to name someone for a particular role or position
Scottish Gaelic ainmich
- ainmichto name someone for a particular role or position
Slovak nominovať
- nominovaťto name someone for a particular role or position
Spanish postular, nominar
- postularto name someone for a particular role or position
- nominarto name someone for a particular role or position
Tagalog isangalan, sangalanin
- isangalanto name someone for a particular role or position
- sangalaninto name someone for a particular role or position
- ngalaninto name someone for a particular role or position
Ukrainian визнача́ти, ви́значити
- визнача́ти (vyznačáty)to name someone for a particular role or position
- ви́значити (význačyty)to name someone for a particular role or position
- признача́ти (pryznačáty)to name someone for a particular role or position
- призна́чити (pryznáčyty)to name someone for a particular role or position
Vietnamese đề cử, xướng danh
- đề cửto name someone for a particular role or position
- xướng danhto name someone for a particular role or position
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Cite this entry
nominate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominate
“nominate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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