■ verb
1》 put forward as a candidate for election or for an honour or award.
↘appoint to a job or position.
2》 specify formally.
■ adjective Zoology & Botany denoting a race or subspecies having the same epithet as the species to which it belongs, e.g. Homo sapiens sapiens .
Derivatives
nomination noun
nominator noun
Origin
ME (as an adjective in the sense 'named'): from L. nominat- , nominare 'to name', from nomen , nomin- 'a name'.