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▸ noun: by the sanction or authority of ("Halt in the name of the law")
▸ noun: a language unit by which a person or thing is known ("His name really is George Washington")
▸ noun: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase ("Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me")
▸ noun: family based on male descent ("He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name")
▸ noun: a well-known or notable person ("They studied all the great names in the history of France")
▸ noun: a person's reputation ("He wanted to protect his good name")
▸ verb: charge with a function; charge to be ("She was named Head of the Committee")
▸ verb: mention and identify by name ("Name your accomplices!")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: assign a specified, proper name to ("They named their son David")
▸ verb: create and charge with a task or function
▸ verb: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
▸ verb: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
▸ verb: make reference to ("His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")
▸ verb: identify as in botany or biology, for example
▸ Also see naming
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to name
▸ Usage examples for name
▸ Idioms related to name (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing name
▸ Words that often appear near name
▸ Rhymes of name
▸ Invented words related to name
▸ noun: by the sanction or authority of ("Halt in the name of the law")
▸ noun: a language unit by which a person or thing is known ("His name really is George Washington")
▸ noun: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase ("Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me")
▸ noun: family based on male descent ("He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name")
▸ noun: a well-known or notable person ("They studied all the great names in the history of France")
▸ noun: a person's reputation ("He wanted to protect his good name")
▸ verb: charge with a function; charge to be ("She was named Head of the Committee")
▸ verb: mention and identify by name ("Name your accomplices!")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: assign a specified, proper name to ("They named their son David")
▸ verb: create and charge with a task or function
▸ verb: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
▸ verb: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
▸ verb: make reference to ("His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")
▸ verb: identify as in botany or biology, for example
▸ Also see naming
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to name
▸ Usage examples for name
▸ Idioms related to name (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing name
▸ Words that often appear near name
▸ Rhymes of name
▸ Invented words related to name