Noun
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an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
"the nomination was brief and to the point"
- nominating speech - nominating address -
the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
"there was keen competition for the nomination"
"his nomination was hotly protested"
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the act of officially naming a candidate
"the Republican nomination for Governor"