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Definitions of name
  1. verb
    assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
    "They named their son David" "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

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  2. verb
    give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

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  3. verb
    give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
    "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"

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  4. noun
    family based on male descent
    "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

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  5. verb
    determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

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  6. verb
    charge with a function; charge to be
    "She was named Head of the Committee"

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  7. verb
    identify as in botany or biology, for example
  8. noun
    a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

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  9. noun
    a well-known or notable person
    "they studied all the great names in the history of France"

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  10. verb
    make reference to
    "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  11. verb
    create and charge with a task or function
  12. noun
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
    "his name really is George Washington" "those are two names for the same thing"
  13. noun
    a person's reputation
    "he wanted to protect his good name"
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  14. noun
    by the sanction or authority of
    "halt in the name of the law"
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  15. verb
    mention and identify by name
    "name your accomplices!"
Examples of name
  • "They named their son David"
  • "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
  • "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"
  • "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
  • "She was named Head of the Committee"
  • "they studied all the great names in the history of France"
  • "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  • "his name really is George Washington"
  • "those are two names for the same thing"
  • "he wanted to protect his good name"
  • "halt in the name of the law"
  • "name your accomplices!"
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