1. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; - Example: "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating speech, nominating address, nomination]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nominating speech
n 1: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing
the name of a candidate to run for election; "the
nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating
speech, nominating address, nomination]