nominate

Meanings

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
2. To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
3. To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
4. To entitle, confer a name upon.

1. Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
2. Mentioned by name, noted.
3. Nominated to an office.
4. Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.
5. nominotypical

1. A nominee.

Etymology

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.