(~s, nominating, ~d)
1.
If someone is ~d for a job or position, their name is formally suggested as a candidate for it.
Under party rules each candidate has to be ~d by 55 Labour MPs...
The public will be able to ~ candidates for awards such as the MBE.
...a presidential decree nominating him as sports ambassador.
= propose
VERB: be V-ed, V n for n, V n as n, also V n, V n to-inf
2.
If you ~ someone to a job or position, you formally choose them to hold that job or position.
Voters will choose fifty of the seventy five deputies. The Emir will ~ the rest...
The EU would ~ two members to the committee...
He was ~d by the African National Congress as one of its team at the Groote Sehuur talks...
It is legally possible for an elderly person to ~ someone to act for them, should they become incapable of looking after themselves.
= appoint
VERB: V n, V n to n, be V-ed as n, V n to-inf, also V n as n, V n n
3.
If someone or something such as an actor or a film is ~d for an award, someone formally suggests that they should be given that award.
Practically every movie he made was ~d for an Oscar.
...a campaign to ~ the twice World Champion as Sports Personality of the Year.
= put forward
VERB: be V-ed for n, V n as n, also V n for n