name
IPA: nˈeɪm
noun
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- Reputation.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- A person (or legal person).
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Authority; behalf.
- (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Abbreviation of North American English. [The variety of the English language used in the United States of America and Canada.]
verb
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
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Examples of "name" in Sentences
- The list is sorted by the name.
- Yes, the name of the list is clumsy.
- The name of the painter is not listed.
- Capitalize the last name in the title.
- The title is a pun on the biscuit of the same name.
- Cork is the epitome of the 'ambiguously named title'.
- The first item on the agenda was the name of the club.
- The English title is the appropriate name of the page.
- Why did I scarcely ever hear you name the _name of Christ_?
- The name of the promotion is different from the name of the title.
- The spelling of the name in the title of this article is incorrect.
- In the sentence, _I name HIM_, note that _him_ is the object of the verb _name_.
- I also like how they've quoted people on the poster but used their twitter @name instead of their real name.
- The cost works out to about $19k / yr, or $50 / day to trap _each_ name and respond with a simple name+ (a, b, c) reply.
- Name, name, Mr. J, cried Hunt in a boisterous tone of friendly exultation, name as many as you please, without reserve or fear of molestation!
- And of a German bearing the genuinely aristocratic name of von Landsschaffshausen who changed it to a typically English name because the latter seemed more distinguished to his neighbors.
- The farm-horse will not do this; but he is quite obedient to call, and distinguishes his name readily from that of his companion, and will not stir when desired to stand until _his own name_ is pronounced.
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- And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads, and _that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name_. '
- But our Redeemer overruled his fears, and charged him a second time to go to him, saying: _Go, for he is a vessel of election to carry my name before Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel: and I will show him how much he has to suffer for my name_.