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nomination

 
Dictionary: nom·i·na·tion   (nŏm'ə-nā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or an instance of appointing a person to office.
  2. The act or an instance of submitting a name for candidacy or appointment.
  3. The state of being nominated.

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noun

    The act of appointing to an office or position: appointment, designation. See choice.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the act of officially naming a candidate

Meaning #2: the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

Meaning #3: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
  Synonyms: nominating speech, nominating address


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nominering, opstilling, udnævnelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
nominatie, kandidaatstelling

Français (French)
n. - proposition de candidat, nomination, sélection

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ernennung, Berufung, Nominierung, Aufstellung als Kandidat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάδειξη ή υπόδειξη (υποψήφιου), υποψηφιότητα, πρόταση, διορισμός

Italiano (Italian)
nomina, candidatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nomeação (f)

Русский (Russian)
назначение, выдвижение

Español (Spanish)
n. - designación, nombramiento, propuesta, candidatura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nominering, utnämning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
提名, 提名权, 任命

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 提名, 提名權, 任命

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지명, 임명, (말의)출장등록

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 指名, 推薦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ترشيح, يسمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מינוי, הצעת מועמד, קריאה בשם‬


 
 
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