nomination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of officially naming a candidate
    • the Republican nomination for Governor
  2. noun 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
  3. noun an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
    nominating speech; nominating address.
    • the nomination was brief and to the point

WordNet

Nom`i*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.
Definitions
  1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.
    The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.
  2. The denomination, or name. Obs. Bp. Pearson.

Webster 1913