nominate

proponer, nominar

Proponer oficialmente a alguien para un empleo, cargo o responsabilidad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: 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.)

Sinónimos: propose, put forward

Expresiones frecuentes: nominate someone, nominate a candidate, nominate someone as chair

nominar, proponer

Proponer oficialmente una película, un libro u otra obra como posible ganadora de un premio.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: nominate something for an award (The judges nominated her novel for an award.)

Sinónimos: put forward, propose

Expresiones frecuentes: nominate a film, nominate something for something

nominotípico

Se refiere al subgrupo biológico que contiene el ejemplar original usado para dar nombre al grupo mayor.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: nominotypical

Expresiones frecuentes: nominate subspecies, nominate form, nominate race