nominate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
propose as a candidate for some honor
Types & categories
- nominate hypernym
Related & opposite
- nomination derivation
- nominating speech derivation
- nominator derivation
- nomination derivation
- nominated derivation
Sense 2 verb
put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
charge with a function; charge to be
She was named Head of the Committee
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- appointment derivation
- nomination derivation
- nominated derivation
Sense 4 verb
create and charge with a task or function
nominate a committee
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- appointment derivation
- nomination derivation
- appointee derivation
- appointee derivation
- appointed derivation
- nominated derivation
- appointive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nomination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominating speech |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nomination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominated |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nominate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominated |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nominate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nomination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominated |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | appoint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rename |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nomination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointee |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointee |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominated |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | institute |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pack |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | co-opt |