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The correct spelling is nom.
How to pronounce nom
/nɒm/
verbIPA: /nɒm/
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The correct spelling is nom. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. For example: "1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)"
Usage Examples
“1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)”
“You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
- 2.To entitle, confer a name upon.
- 3.To eat with noisy enjoyment.
noun
- 1.An act or instance of nominating.
- 2.A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.
- 3.One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.
- 4.A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
- 5.A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
interjection
- 1.Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom".
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