nominate

[ˈnɑːmɪneɪt]

Definition:
1. Propose as a candidate for some honor.
2. Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office.
3. Charge with a function; charge to be.
4. Create and charge with a task or function.

Use 'nominate' in a sentence:

1. In order to receive more than the minimum rate of Family Tax Benefit a, single mothers are required to nominate and seek child support from the child's father.
2. He is said to want to nominate a woman: since the retirement of Sandra Day o 'connor, a notable swing vote on the court, only Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains, and she has been battling cancer.
3. A rule that provides for a proxy access opt-out would permit public companies to continue to deny their shareowners the fundamental right to nominate and elect directors.
4. Each group nominates two representatives.
5. The public can nominate people for the role.
6. The Seller shall book and nominate a vessel under age of 25 (twenty-five) years at the Loading Port upon receipt of the L/C whose content is satisfactory to the Seller.
7. Practically every movie he made was nominated for an Oscar.
8. Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which also stars Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, has earned strong critical and fan reaction. It is nominated for five Emmys.
9. If you have seen your friends either nominating or being nominated for telling the world about 10 books that have been with them for a while, you know what the Book Bucket Challenge is.
10. This year, 159 countries were asked to nominate students for the next school year.
11. If you'd like to recognize the greenness of an individual or organization, why not nominate them for an Environmental Achievement Award.
12. She was nominated to the committee.
13. I'd nominate the computer on the desk as our newest Caliban. It may show us a few fertile places if we watch it-very carefully, but it will never grow up to be Prospero. It is a dirt lump.
14. The movie was nominated for an Oscar.
15. The public will be able to nominate candidates for awards such as the MBE.
16. The awards are presented at Agile 2007 in mid-August, so if you'd like to nominate someone, now's your chance to get your nomination in before choices are made in late July.
17. If you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you.
18. The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.
19. The bailiff shook his head and said, "Verdict? Hell, they're still doing nominating speeches for the foreman's position!"
20. If any of my children are minors at the time of my death, I nominate my mother, KATHERINE JACKSON as guardian of the persons and estates of such minor children.
21. I have been nominated to the committee.
22. He chose Bernard Kerik to run the NYPD, made him a partner in his consultancy, and persuaded the White House to nominate him as head of the Department of Homeland Security.
23. Organizations or individuals may, at group meetings of voters or of delegates to the servicemen congress, give information about backgrounds of the candidates they nominate.
24. As stipulated, the Board of Director has the authority to set up internal departments, but the general manager has the authority to nominate the manager of Marketing Department.
25. One either can take part in this contest through self-recommendation or can be nominated by others.
26. Forbes asked a panel of architects and campus designers to nominate their picks for the best-looking campuses in the world. These are their top choices.
27. The President nominated me his representative at the meeting.
28. He was nominated best actor.
29. Dr Christakis and Dr Fowler selected a random group of 319 undergraduates and asked each to nominate up to three friends. Using these names, they collected another group of 425 friends.
30. The Tom Daschle Miscommunication. Perhaps one of the most unfortunate incidents concerns the man nominate to be Health Secretary — Senator Tom Daschle.
31. Under party rules each candidate has to be nominated by 55 Labour MPs.
32. In a change from previous years, Entertainment Weekly recruited a group of 6,000 readers to nominate their favourites from pre-selected candidates in various categories.
33. The EU would nominate two members to the committee.
34. Unlike what is coming across on Facebook, this challenge is not only about nominating your friends for listing '10 books that have stayed with them for a while'. Instead, you have to make a list of the books you are willing to donate to libraries or needy people.
35. So junior bankers nominated their three best managers and three worst.
36. Instead, the best practice is to allow each stakeholder group to nominate exactly one representative who will be authorized to submit requirements and change requests on behalf of the group.
37. He was nominated by the African National Congress as one of its team at the Groote Sehuur talks.
38. To win the right to nominate, an investor or group of investors must own at least 3% of a company's stock and have held the shares for a minimum of three years.
39. If you asked most scientists to guess, they might nominate regions that are thought of as "cognitive" or dedicated to thinking, such as the lateral prefrontal cortex.
40. As stipulated, the Board of Director has the authority to set up inteal departments, but the general manager has the authority to nominate the manager of marketing department.
41. This week’s decision by the Eurogroup of euro-area finance ministers to nominate Vitor Constâncio as the next vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB) certainly looks like a stitch-up.
42. One common stipulation4 gives 24 hours to complete the dare from the time they are nominated; otherwise, the participant has to donate at least$ 100 to the ASL Association.
43. People should be nominated for award based on real and not inflated merit.
44. He has been nominated three times for the Oscar but has yet to win.
45. Voters will choose fifty of the seventy five deputies. The Emir will nominate the rest.
46. It is legally possible for an elderly person to nominate someone to act for them, should they become incapable of looking after themselves.
47. I expect to see your name on nominate list pretty soon too.
48. These international students are nominated by their home governments.
49. This is your chance to nominate someone who is making great strides in the field of social design that you find inspiring, and then ask them the questions you've always wanted ask.
50. FROM an electronic billboard at Piccadilly Circus, David Beckham invites you, on behalf of Samsung, to "nominate your local hero to carry the Olympic flame".
51. If KATHERINE JACKSON fails to survive me, or is unable or unwilling to act as guardian, I nominate DIANA ROSS as guardian of the persons and estates of such minor children.
52. Taylor has nominated Adams as his replacement.
53. The Security Council can nominate anyone for secretary-general.
54. 1 December has been nominated as the day of the election.
55. She was nominated to speak on our behalf.