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{
"term": "nominate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "nominate",
"heSheIt": "nominates"
},
"pastSimple": "nominated",
"pastParticiple": "nominated",
"ingForm": "nominating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to formally suggest that somebody/something should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc.",
"sensetop": "nominate somebody/something (for something)nominate somebody/something (as) somethingnominate somebody/something + nounnominate somebody/something to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has been nominated for the presidency.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody/something (for something)"
},
{
"text": "He was nominated (as) best actor.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody/something (as) somethingnominate somebody/something + noun"
},
{
"text": "I nominated Paul to take on the role of treasurer.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "He has now been formally nominated as presidential candidate."
},
{
"text": "She was nominated for a special award."
},
{
"text": "Ten critics were asked to nominate their Book of the Year."
},
{
"text": "She has been formally nominated for the presidency."
}
],
"synonyms": "propose",
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
"verb + nominate": ["ask somebody to", "invite somebody to"],
"preposition": ["as", "for", "to"],
"phrases": [
"the power to nominate somebody",
"the right to nominate somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to choose somebody to do a particular job",
"sensetop": "nominate somebody (to something)nominate somebody as somethingnominate somebody to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have been nominated to the committee.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody (to something)"
},
{
"text": "The president wanted to nominate her as his successor.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody as something"
},
{
"text": "She was nominated to speak on our behalf.",
"contextForm": "nominate somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "Each office will nominate a representative to sit on the committee."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
"verb + nominate": ["ask somebody to", "invite somebody to"],
"preposition": ["as", "for", "to"],
"phrases": [
"the power to nominate somebody",
"the right to nominate somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to choose a time, date or title for something",
"sensetop": "nominate something (as something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "1 December has been nominated as the day of the election."
}
],
"synonyms": "select"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɒmɪneɪt/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɒmɪneɪts/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɒmɪneɪtɪd/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɒmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɑːmɪneɪt/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɑːmɪneɪts/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɑːmɪneɪtɪd/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnɑːmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "no/nominate/nominating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘named’): from Latin nominat- ‘named’, from the verb nominare, from nomen, nomin- ‘a name’. The verb senses are first found in English in the 16th cent."
}