nomination

English Thesaurus

1. the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act)

hypernym	:	appointment, assignment, designation, naming,
definition	:	the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)

2. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	oratory,
definition	:	addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) (noun.communication)

domain category	:	government, political science, politics,
definition	:	the study of government of states and other political units (noun.cognition)

3. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election (noun.state)

hypernym	:	condition, status,
definition	:	a state at a particular time (noun.state)

4. the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act)

derivation	:	nominate, put forward, put up,
definition	:	propose as a candidate for some honor (verb.communication)

derivation	:	appoint, constitute, name, nominate,
definition	:	create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)

derivation	:	make, name, nominate,
definition	:	charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)

5. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election (noun.communication)

derivation	:	nominate, put forward, put up, nominate, put forward, put up,
definition	:	propose as a candidate for some honor (verb.communication)

6. the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act)

derivation	:	nominate, put forward, put up,
definition	:	propose as a candidate for some honor (verb.communication)

derivation	:	appoint, constitute, name, nominate,
definition	:	create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)

derivation	:	make, name, nominate,
definition	:	charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)

7. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election (noun.communication)

derivation	:	nominate, put forward, put up, nominate, put forward, put up,
definition	:	propose as a candidate for some honor (verb.communication)