v.
- put forward as a candidate for election or for an honour or award.
▸appoint to a job or position.
- specify formally.
adj.
Zoology &
Botany denoting a race or subspecies having the same epithet as the species to which it belongs, e.g.
Homo sapiens sapiens.
Derivative
- nomination n.
- nominator n.
Etymology
ME (as an adj. in the sense ‘named’): from L. nominat-, nominare ‘to name’, from nomen, nomin- ‘a name’.
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