1) Appointment 2) Assignment 3) Award season nod 4) Convention outcome 5) Designation 6) Naming 7) Oscar receipt 8) The state of being nominated 1) Naming 2) Nomenclature 3) Oscar nod 
Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. A collection of nominees narrowed from the full list of candidates is a short list. ==Politics== In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who has been selected by a political party is said to be the ...
• (n.) The denomination, or name. • (n.) The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. • (n.) The denomination, or name. • (n.) The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; ...
[Noun] When someone is formally named for a job, election, or award.
Nom`i·na'tion noun [ Latin nominatio : confer French nomination .] 1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. « The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower...
[n] - the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election 2. [n] - the act of officially naming a candidate
nomination A suggestion (naming) of someone for appointment or election to a position or for receiving an honor or award.
noun the act of officially naming a candidate; `the Republican nomination for Governor`
an act or instance of nominating, esp. to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency. · the state of being nominated.
the act of officially naming a candidate the act of officially naming a candidate