name meaning

Noun: name  neym

1. 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" 
2. A person's reputation
   "he wanted to protect his good name" 
3. Family based on male descent
   "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
   - gens 
4. A well-known or notable person
   "they studied all the great names in the history of France"
   - figure, public figure 
5. By the sanction or authority of
   "halt in the name of the law" 
6. A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
   - epithet

Verb: name  neym

1. Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
   "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
   - call 
2. 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"
   - identify 
3. Charge with a function; charge to be
   "She was named Head of the Committee"
   - nominate, make 
4. Create and charge with a task or function
   - appoint, nominate, constitute 
5. Mention and identify by name
   "name your accomplices!" 
6. Make reference to
   "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
   - mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer 
7. Identify as in botany or biology, for example
   - identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe 
8. Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
   - list 
9. Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
   - diagnose

Derived forms: named, naming, names

See also: namer, naming, nominal

Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], appoint, calumniation, calumny, canvas, canvass, charge, constitute, defamation, define, denote, determine, enumerate, establish, examine, family, family line, fix, folk, found, hatchet job, have in mind, important person, influential person, institute, itemise [Brit], itemize, kinfolk, kinsfolk, label, language unit, limit, linguistic unit, mean, obloquy, personage, phratry, plant, recite, refer, reputation, repute, sanction, sept, set, specify, study, think of, traducement

Encyclopedia: Name Name, Hindu mythology

[Business]
noun, verb

■ noun [C]

BIG NAME, BRAND NAME, HOUSEHOLD NAME, TRADE NAME

1 (often used with another noun or an adjective to form an adjective)

a very well-known person, company, product, etc:

Vittorio Missoni, whose family is one of the biggest names in the Italian fashion industry

big-name booksellers

Sony became a household name around the world.

brand-name goods

2 (Insurance )

one of the investors in the insurance company Lloyd's who promise their own money to pay claims and share in the profits or losses:

He was a name at Lloyd's.

■ verb

IDIOMS

name and shame (BrE)

to publish the names of people or organizations who have done sth wrong or illegal

[Economics]
See Lloyd'S; SYNDICATE

[Law]
n. See BUSINESS NAME; CHANGE OF NAME; COMPANY NAME; SURNAME.

[Medicine]
Personal names,given or surname,as cultural characteristics,as ethnological or religious patterns,as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding,etc. Analysis of isonymy,the quality of having the same or similar names,is useful in the study of population genetics. NAMES is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies,such as medical societies,universities,hospitals,government agencies,etc.

Examples

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1. this state has been named "premunition".
2. but perhaps only the name is the same.
3. i asked your father to put his name to a bill.
4. i can not think of his name at the moment.
5. a name could be removed at any time.