Name
[neɪm] or [nem]
Definition
(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'; 'those are two names for the same thing'.
(noun.) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase.
(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'; 'she is an important figure in modern music'.
(noun.) a person's reputation; 'he wanted to protect his good name'.
(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'; 'The almanac identifies the auspicious months'.
(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'.
(verb.) charge with a function; charge to be; 'She was named Head of the Committee'; 'She was made president of the club'.
Edited by Annabel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
(n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
(n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
(n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
(n.) A person, an individual.
(n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
(n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
(n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.
(n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Editor: Vince
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Appellation, title, epithet, denomination, designation, descriptive term.[2]. Reputation, repute, credit, character.[3]. Note, distinction, fame, renown, celebrity, eminence, honor.
v. a. [1]. Denominate, entitle, style, term, call, dub, phrase, christen, give an appellation to.[2]. Mention, speak of, call by name.[3]. Nominate, designate, specify.
Checker: Olivier
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Designation, cognomination, appellation, title, fame, reputation, authority,appointment, stead, representation
ANT:Namelessness, anonymousness, misnomer, pseudonym, obscurity, ingloriousness,disrepute, individuality, person
SYN:Spectry, designate, call, Indicate
ANT:Misname, miscall, misdesignate, misindicate, hint, suggest, shadow, adumbrate
Typist: Wilhelmina
Definition
n. that by which a person or a thing is known or called: a designation: that which is said of a person: reputed character: reputation: fame: celebrity: remembrance: a race or family: appearance not reality: authority: behalf: assumed character of another: (gram.) a noun.—v.t. to give a name to: to designate: to speak of or to call by name: to mention for a post or office: to nominate: to mention formally by name a person in the House of Commons as guilty of disorderly conduct.—adjs. Nam′able Name′able; Name′less without a name: undistinguished: indescribable; Name′worthy distinguished.—adv. Name′lessly.—n. Name′lessness.—adv. Name′ly by name: that is to say.—ns. Name′-plate a plate of metal having on it the name of a person usually affixed to a door or a gate; Nam′er; Name′sake one bearing the same name as another for his sake.—Name the day to fix a day esp. for a marriage.—Call names to nickname; Christian name (see Christian); In name of on behalf of: by the authority of; Proper name a name given to a particular person place or thing; Take a name in vain to use a name lightly or profanely.
Checked by Lanny
Examples
- The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He knew how to blow any sort of bridge that you could name and he had blown them of all sizes and constructions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Name your day, and I will come. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the service I mentally insert Miss Shepherd's name--I put her in among the Royal Family. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I wish to leave the poor girls some little independence, as well as a good name. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I would like to know if it could not be possible to change the name of that tractor factory. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hence the carved names. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How Tom, genius-like, struck out new paths, and, relinquishing the old names of the letters, called U _bell_ and P _bottle_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We need only note two of their names, Carnot, who was an honest republican, and Barras, who was conspicuously a rogue. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Names everywhere! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The bacteria are further divided into species, and names are given them to distinguish the different forms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was given to me, Comrade General, by an _Ingl閟_ named Roberto who had come to us as a dynamiter for this of the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But his spirits were soon rising again, and with laughing eyes, after mentioning the expected return of the Campbells, he named the name of Dixon. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We backed a horse named Light For Me that finished fourth in a field of five. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Six of those last-named little promissory notes, all due on the same day, Ben, and all intrusted to me! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To one who had named him slave, and, on any point, banned him from respect, he must now have peculiar feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One other Abbasid Caliph only need be named, and that quite as much for his legendary as for his real importance, Haroun-al-Raschid[331] (786-809). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- If a gentleman was the victim of spies, intruders, and informers (but still naming no names), that was his own pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was the delight of Adrian and myself to wait on Clara, naming her the little queen of the world, ourselves her humblest servitors. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Margaret had never spoken of Helstone since she left it, except just naming the place incidentally. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I could not help naming him slow and sure, from what I observed of him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Jeremiah then says to me, “As to banns, next Sunday being the third time of asking (for I've put 'em up a fortnight), is my reason for naming Monday. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That is your paper, Gomez said to him naming the leading Catholic-Conservative organ published in Madrid before the movement. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Editor: Will