nominate
part of speech
verb (nominate, nominates, nominated, nominating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To suggest someone officially for a job, position or prize, as in "nominate her for class captain". tree →
2) To choose or name someone for a job or duty, as in "nominate a leader". tree →
3) To put forward a film, song or book for an award. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used at school (nominate a classmate for school council or student of the week), in politics and elections (parties nominate candidates), and in awards (nominated for an Oscar). Phrases: "nominate someone for", "be nominated", "nominated as".
examples
- I nominate Priya for class captain. tree →
- Our book was nominated for a prize. tree →
- Each team must nominate a leader. tree →
- The film was nominated for three Oscars. tree →
- You can't nominate yourself for the award. tree →
- The party nominated a new candidate for president. tree →
- Who did you nominate for kindness champion? tree →
note
Regular verb. Noun "nomination"; a person nominated is a "nominee". Being nominated does not mean winning, only being chosen as a possible winner.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nominate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.