What does nomination mean?
Word: Nomination
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Nomination means the act of formally suggesting someone for a job, position or prize, or the fact of being suggested in this way.
Synonyms: selection
How do you spell nomination?
Syllables: nom - i - na - tion
Tricky part: The ending is tion, not sion: students write nominasion because the end sounds like 'shun'.
Watch out for: nominasion, nominashun, nominaton
Memory tip: Rotate gives rotation and create gives creation: when a verb ends in ate, its noun ends in ation, never asion.
Nomination in a sentence
Example 1: Ravi got a nomination for the best actor prize at the school drama festival.
Example 2: The last date for filing nominations for the class monitor election is Friday.
Example 3: Her nomination as sports captain surprised nobody.
Fun Fact
Mother India (1957) was the first Indian film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. candidat 2. electorial 3. nomination 4. ballott
a) a vote, or the paper used for voting
b) putting a person's name forward for a post or award
c) a person who tries to get elected
d) connected with elections
Show answer
b) putting a person's name forward for a post or award. Candidat is short of its final e, electorial has an extra i before al, and ballott has one t too many.
Word Cookie
Choose the letters that complete the word:
n_m_nation
a) o, e
b) o, i
c) a, i
d) u, i
Show answer
b) o, i. The word starts nom, and an i, never an e, follows the m.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
Her tnoaimonin for the bravery award was sent by the school principal.
a) innovation
b) nomination
c) motivation
d) animation
Show answer
b) nomination. Motivation and innovation need a v, and animation a second a; the jumble has three n's, two o's and one a.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word nomination as used in the sentence:
The committee accepted Priya's nomination for school captain.
a) speech
b) refusal
c) proposal
d) victory
Show answer
c) proposal. Her name was put forward as a proposal, which is what a nomination is.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you file your nomination for an election, you ____.
a) cast your own vote at the booth
b) ask for the poll to be put off
c) help to count the votes at the end
d) offer yourself as someone to be chosen
Show answer
d) offer yourself as someone to be chosen
2. At an awards night, a film with a nomination ____.
a) has already won the prize
b) is shown free of charge
c) is in the running for a prize
d) has been left out of the show
Show answer
c) is in the running for a prize
