nomination
Nouns
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(n) the act of officially naming a candidate
- the Republican nomination for Governor
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(n) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
- there was keen competition for the nomination
- his nomination was hotly protested
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(n) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
- the nomination was brief and to the point