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nominare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • constitute verb To make up or form something when combined with other parts.
  • dub verb To give something a name or nickname.
  • name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.

Senses

nominare is used for these senses in English:

  • appoint (transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
  • bring up To mention.
  • call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
  • constitute (transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
  • dub (transitive, now, informal) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c.]
  • name (transitive) To mention, specify.
  • name (transitive) To designate for a role.

appoint — full definition

  1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

call — full definition

  1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
  3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
  4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
  5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

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