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Nominate

To mention by name; to name.

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Broader term 11

Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Constitute 76% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Found 76% connected

of Find

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Institute 76% connected

Established; organized; founded.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Propose 76% connected

To set forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Pack 76% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rename 76% connected

To give a new name to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Naming 74% connected

of Name

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Naming 74% connected

of Name

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Nomination 74% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nomination 74% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nominative 74% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

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Nominative 74% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nominator 74% connected

One who nominates.

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Nominator 74% connected

One who nominates.

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Synonym 5

Appoint 92% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Constitute 92% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propose 92% connected

To set forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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