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