Nominate
verb
To formally suggest someone for a job, position, or honor.
The president will nominate a new Supreme Court justice.
Often appears as...
- nominate someone for
- nominate a new
verb
To enter a horse, film, etc. in a competition.
They nominated their film for the Best Picture award.
Often appears as...
- nominate for award
- nominate in competition
verb
In law, to appoint or authorize someone for specific duties.
The document allowed her to nominate a representative to act on her behalf.
Often appears as...
- nominate a representative
- nominate for duty
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Technical
verb
To formally suggest someone for a job, position, or honor.
The president will nominate a new Supreme Court justice.
Often appears as...
- nominate someone for
- nominate a new
verb
To enter a horse, film, etc. in a competition.
They nominated their film for the Best Picture award.
Often appears as...
- nominate for award
- nominate in competition
verb
In law, to appoint or authorize someone for specific duties.
The document allowed her to nominate a representative to act on her behalf.
Often appears as...
- nominate a representative
- nominate for duty
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Context
Used in formal contexts such as business or government when selecting individuals for roles.
The committee will nominate a chairperson next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Elements
Often implies endorsement and support for the nominee's qualifications or achievements.
She was nominated for her outstanding service to the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Seek Consent
Before nominating, it's common to seek the person’s agreement to be nominated.
He asked her if she would agree to be nominated as treasurer.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Context
Used in formal contexts such as business or government when selecting individuals for roles.
The committee will nominate a chairperson next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Elements
Often implies endorsement and support for the nominee's qualifications or achievements.
She was nominated for her outstanding service to the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Seek Consent
Before nominating, it's common to seek the person’s agreement to be nominated.
He asked her if she would agree to be nominated as treasurer.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Context
Used in formal contexts such as business or government when selecting individuals for roles.
The committee will nominate a chairperson next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Elements
Often implies endorsement and support for the nominee's qualifications or achievements.
She was nominated for her outstanding service to the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Seek Consent
Before nominating, it's common to seek the person’s agreement to be nominated.
He asked her if she would agree to be nominated as treasurer.
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How does the Nobel Peace...
a valid nomination can come from a member of a national assembly, state government, or an international court. Eligible nominators also include university rectors, professors of the social sciences, history, philosophy, law, and theology, and previous recipients of the Peace Prize. But if you want to know more about who was recently nominated,
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How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate and makes a formal nomination announcement,
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Dear Subscribers...
And no matter who you are, if you take the time to create a particularly stunning lesson, please also take the time to nominate it. We will systematically feature the best community-made lessons within the ever-growing TED-Ed library, free for the world to learn from,
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A 30-year history of the...
This is perhaps the best picture I have. The kid on your right has sort of nominated himself as teacher. Look at the kid on the left, and so on. There are no adults involved in this at all. So I said, well can we do this at a larger scale?
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How we can store digital...
It's been created to preserve historical materials that are considered of value to all of humanity. Items are nominated to be added to the collection, including that film that we encoded. While a wonderful way to preserve human heritage,
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What type of world do we...
people a place they can go to empower them to start the process to wind up eventually with official protection for the places they care about presently more than a hundred places have been nominated as hope spots and we need to
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:...
who had been nominated by their peers as being both very successful and very ethical, very socially responsible. You see that these people define success as something that helps others and at the same time
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
thorny devil we nominate the thorny devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
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Capitalism will eat...
And imagine further that all international trade is denominated in this currency -- let's call it "the cosmos," in units of cosmos -- with every government agreeing to be paying into a common fund
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I'm not your inspiration,...
approached my parents and wanted to nominate me for a community achievement award. And my parents said, "Hm, that's really nice, but there's kind of one glaring problem with that.
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How does the Nobel Peace...
a valid nomination can come from a member of a national assembly, state government, or an international court. Eligible nominators also include university rectors, professors of the social sciences, history, philosophy, law, and theology, and previous recipients of the Peace Prize. But if you want to know more about who was recently nominated,
Video examples
How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate and makes a formal nomination announcement,
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Dear Subscribers...
And no matter who you are, if you take the time to create a particularly stunning lesson, please also take the time to nominate it. We will systematically feature the best community-made lessons within the ever-growing TED-Ed library, free for the world to learn from,
Video examples
A 30-year history of the...
This is perhaps the best picture I have. The kid on your right has sort of nominated himself as teacher. Look at the kid on the left, and so on. There are no adults involved in this at all. So I said, well can we do this at a larger scale?
Video examples
How we can store digital...
It's been created to preserve historical materials that are considered of value to all of humanity. Items are nominated to be added to the collection, including that film that we encoded. While a wonderful way to preserve human heritage,
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What type of world do we...
people a place they can go to empower them to start the process to wind up eventually with official protection for the places they care about presently more than a hundred places have been nominated as hope spots and we need to
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:...
who had been nominated by their peers as being both very successful and very ethical, very socially responsible. You see that these people define success as something that helps others and at the same time
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
thorny devil we nominate the thorny devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
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Capitalism will eat...
And imagine further that all international trade is denominated in this currency -- let's call it "the cosmos," in units of cosmos -- with every government agreeing to be paying into a common fund
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I'm not your inspiration,...
approached my parents and wanted to nominate me for a community achievement award. And my parents said, "Hm, that's really nice, but there's kind of one glaring problem with that.
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Quote examples
Janet McTeer
English Actress
I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.
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Alan Alda
American Actor
I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award.
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Suranne Jones
English Actress
Fame doesn't get to me. I lead quite a quiet life on the whole - I will go to an awards ceremony if the show I'm in, or I, am nominated because I think it's important to say, 'Thank you.
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Renee Elise Goldsberry
American Actress
I won my husband. I won my kids. I've won a lot of really great jobs. I've won a lot of friendships. I've been nominated for lots of different kinds of awards.
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Amaal Mallik
Indian Director
I only think that awards are important to everybody and if not that, a nomination serves as a recognition and a positive drive to do better work.
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Ricky Reed
American Musician
I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I'm nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible.
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Naya Rivera
American Actress
For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters.
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Jerry Van Dyke
American Actor
The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.
Quote examples
Alan Alda
American Actor
I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award.
Quote examples
Suranne Jones
English Actress
Fame doesn't get to me. I lead quite a quiet life on the whole - I will go to an awards ceremony if the show I'm in, or I, am nominated because I think it's important to say, 'Thank you.
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Renee Elise Goldsberry
American Actress
I won my husband. I won my kids. I've won a lot of really great jobs. I've won a lot of friendships. I've been nominated for lots of different kinds of awards.
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Amaal Mallik
Indian Director
I only think that awards are important to everybody and if not that, a nomination serves as a recognition and a positive drive to do better work.
Quote examples
Ricky Reed
American Musician
I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I'm nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible.
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Naya Rivera
American Actress
For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters.
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Jerry Van Dyke
American Actor
The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.
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