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noun the act of officially naming a candidate
noun the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
noun an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
originFrom Middle English nominacion, nomination, from Middle French nominacion and its etymon Latin nōminātiō, from the verb nōminō (“to name; to nominate”). By surface analysis, nominate + -ion.
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