Nomination - Definition

n 1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican
nomination for Governor"
2: 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"
3: 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" [syn: nominating speech,
nominating address, nomination]