nominee
pronunciation
How to pronounce nominee in British English:
UK [ˌnɒmɪˈni:]
How to pronounce nominee in American English:
US [ˌnɑmɪˈni]
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- Noun:
- a politician who is running for public office
Word Origin
- nominee (n.)
- 1660s, "person named for something; see nominate + -ee. Sense of "person named as a candidate" is attested from 1680s.
Example
- 1. The law made it a crime for a nominee to make a material misstatement , one that would affect the confirmation process .
- 2. The nominee said the treasury plans to make a " fact-based case that market exchange rates are a central ingredient to healthy and sustained growth . "
- 3. America is a conservative place ; every republican nominee , including those the economist has backed in the past , has signed up to pretty uncompromising views on god , gays and guns .
- 4. The result sets the race for the nomination back to its default state for most of the past year , with mr. romney as the presumed nominee .
- 5. Please submit your nominations using this web form , giving the nominee 's name , current affiliation and contact information , and a 200-word summary explaining why he or she deserves to win the award in a particular category .