nomination
An act or instance of nominating.
Noun 3 meanings
An act or instance of nominating.
“Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.”
The result of such a nomination act.
A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.
Etymology
From Middle English nominacion, nomination, from Middle French nominacion and its etymon Latin nōminātiō, from the verb nōminō (“to name; to nominate”). By surface analysis, nominate + -ion.
NOMINATION at a glance
NOMINATION has 10 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + M 3 + I 1 + N 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,287 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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