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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of officially naming a candidate | |
| Synonyms: | nominating | |
| Examples: | "the Republican nomination for Governor" |
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| Related terms: | appointment name | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election | |
| Examples: | "there was keen competition for the nomination" "his nomination was hotly protested" |
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| Related terms: | condition nominate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election | |
| Synonyms: | nominating_speech nominating_address | |
| Examples: | "the nomination was brief and to the point" |
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| Related terms: | oratory politics | |
| Similar spelling: |
nominating nominative nominate nonmonotonic nominator nominated nonimitative |
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