nominate

To formally suggest someone for a job, position, or responsibility.

• We nominated Anna as chair.
• Who will you nominate for president?
• The committee has nominated two candidates.

How to use it: nominate someone for something (The party nominated her for president.); nominate someone as something (We nominated Ravi as team leader.); nominate someone to do something (They nominated me to represent the class.)

Similar words: propose, put forward

Common phrases: nominate someone, nominate a candidate, nominate someone as chair

To formally suggest a film, book, or other work as a possible winner of a prize.

• They nominated the film for an award.
• Three albums were nominated for the prize.
• Which book would you nominate?

How to use it: nominate something for an award (The judges nominated her novel for an award.)

Similar words: put forward, propose

Common phrases: nominate a film, nominate something for something

Describing the smaller biological group containing the original specimen used to name the larger group.

• This bird belongs to the nominate subspecies.
• The nominate form occurs on the mainland.
• Researchers compared the island population with the nominate race.

Similar words: nominotypical

Common phrases: nominate subspecies, nominate form, nominate race