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- pronunciation:
- na
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neIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
nominates, nominating, nominated |
| definition 1: |
to choose as a candidate for election.
提名…为候选人
The students nominated three people for the position of class president.学生提名了三个人作为班主席的候选人。- similar words:
- appoint, recommend
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| definition 2: |
to choose for an office; to name for an honor.
任命, 提名
The committee nominated Mr. Brown for the school board.We nominated her project as the best at the science fair.委员会任命布朗先生做学校的董事。我们提名她的项目为科学展览会中最好的。- synonyms:
- name
- similar words:
- appoint, choose, designate, elect, pick, propose, select, suggest
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| related words: |
assign, constitute |
| derivation: |
nominator (n.) |
The word nominate
contains the following parts:
nom1, nomin, nomen
Latin
root
that means name
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- onomas, onomat, onym
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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