Nominate and Take

Nominate

Nominate verb - Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.

Usage example: The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission

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Take and nominate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Nominate".

Take verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game

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Nominate and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nominate" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

nominate people

take people

After that, the player had a choice to take the next question themselves or nominate someone else to take it.

Source: Series / Fifteen To One
Take them down, and then the HoH will have to nominate someone else.Why is this happening?

Source: Roleplay / Death Drop Game Show
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Source: Twenty-Fifth Amendment

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