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# nominate

«nominate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To suggest someone officially for a job, position or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (nominate, nominates, nominated, nominating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To suggest someone officially for a job, position or prize, as in "nominate her for class captain". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#m1)

2) To choose or name someone for a job or duty, as in "nominate a leader". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#m2)

3) To put forward a film, song or book for an award. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used at school (nominate a classmate for school council or student of the week), in politics and elections (parties nominate candidates), and in awards (nominated for an Oscar). Phrases: "nominate someone for", "be nominated", "nominated as".

### examples

- I nominate Priya for class captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x1)
- Our book was nominated for a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x2)
- Each team must nominate a leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x3)
- The film was nominated for three Oscars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x4)
- You can't nominate yourself for the award. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x5)
- The party nominated a new candidate for president. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x6)
- Who did you nominate for kindness champion? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun "nomination"; a person nominated is a "nominee". Being nominated does not mean winning, only being chosen as a possible winner.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nominate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nominate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.