nomination
/ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ noun [C, U]Definition
SUGGESTION › the act of officially suggesting a person for a job or their work for a prize: to seek/win a nomination He won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Chicago. She has just received her fourth Oscar nomination.
CHOICE › the choice of someone for a job or to do something: They did everything they could to defeat his nomination to be surgeon general.
(Definition of nomination noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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