1. (noun)name a languageunit by which a person or thing is known
"his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
2. (noun)name a person's reputation "he wanted to protect his good name"
3. (noun)name, gens family based on maledescent "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
4. (noun)name, figure, public figure a well-known or notableperson "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
5. (noun)name by the sanction or authority of
"halt in the name of the law"
6. (noun)name, epithet a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
7. (verb)name, call assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
"They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
8. (verb)name, identify give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristicproperty "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
9. (verb)name, nominate, make charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
10. (verb)appoint, name, nominate, constitute create and charge with a task or function "nominate a committee"
11. (verb)name mention and identify by name "name your accomplices!"
12. (verb)mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer makereference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
13. (verb)identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name identify as in botany or biology, for example
14. (verb)list, name give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
"List the states west of the Mississippi"
15. (verb)diagnose, name determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
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