Definition of "nominate" in English

verb

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

2. (billiards) To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.

3. (sociology) To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.

4. (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.

   • 1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

adjective

1. (obsolete, as a participle) Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.

2. (obsolete) Mentioned by name, noted.

3. (obsolete) Nominated to an office.

   • an executor nominate / a nominate executor

4. (obsolete) Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.

5. (zoology) nominotypical

   • the nominate subspecies

noun

1. A nominee.