nominations
Names put forward
Nominations are formal proposals of candidates for positions, awards, or honors.
The word covers both the act of nominating and the resulting candidacies: She received three Oscar nominations.
In political contexts, nominations often follow primaries or conventions: He secured the party's nomination after a long campaign.
The singular nomination works for both the process and its outcome.
Those seeking selection
- ballotsVoting forms
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- caucusesClosed political party meetings
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
superdelegates · conventions · campaigns · platforms · debates · incumbents · challengers · tickets
Film achievement honors
- GrammysMusic industry awards
- EmmysTelevision achievement awards
- TonysBroadway excellence awards
- BAFTAUK film awards organisation
Cannes · Pulitzer · shortlist · frontrunner · contender · snub · longlist · category
Establishing something as true
- senateLegislative governing body
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
ambassador · appointee · vetting · qualifications · bipartisan · filibuster · committee · testimony
candidates
Those seeking selection
delegates · superdelegates · conventions · campaigns · platforms · debates · incumbents · challengers · tickets · contested
Oscars
Film achievement honors
BAFTA · Cannes · Pulitzer · shortlist · frontrunner · contender · snub · longlist · category · finalist
confirmation
Establishing something as true
- senateLegislative governing body
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
judiciary · ambassador · appointee · vetting · qualifications · bipartisan · filibuster · committee · testimony · scrutiny
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- GrammysGrammy Awards, Grammys, Grammy winners, nominee, nominees
- presidential documentsexecutive orders, proclamations, presidential decrees, memoranda, executive actions
- shareholder meetingsshareholder meeting, shareholder meetings, shareholder vote, AGM, proxy
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
nominationswins
Achieved first places
victories · winners · awards · selections · appointments
nominationsrejections
Formal refusals given
eliminations · exclusions · disqualifications · removals · snubs
- party nominationSelection as electoral candidate
- presidential nominationOfficial party endorsement for presidency
- nomination speechFormal candidate endorsement declaration
- Grammy nominationConsidered for music prize
- candidate nominationsFormal selections for office
- oscar nomination