noun (n)

• the act of officially naming a candidate(noun.act)

  Example:
  The Republican nomination for Governor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election(noun.state)

  Example:
  There was keen competition for the nomination.
  His nomination was hotly protested.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election(noun.communication)

  Example:
  The nomination was brief and to the point.
  

  Synonym:
  nominating address, nominating speech
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.(noun)

  source: webster1913