nominated

4 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honour:

He's been nominated by the Green Party as their candidate in the next election.

Would you like to nominate anyone for/as director?

to say officially that a film, song, programme, etc. will be included in a competition for a prize:

The film was nominated for an Academy Award.

to officially choose someone for a job or to do something:

She was nominated as the delegation's official interpreter.

[ + to infinitive ] President Yeltsin nominated acting prime minister Sergei Kiriyenko to head the government.