| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n m |
| NOUN: | 1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others. 2. A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly. 3. Representation or repute, as opposed to reality: a democracy in name, a police state in fact. 4a. A reputation: has a bad name. b. A distinguished reputation: made a name for himself as a drummer. 5. An illustrious or outstanding person: joined several famous names for a photograph. See synonyms at celebrity. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: named, nam·ing, names
1. To give a name to: named the child after both grandparents. 2. To mention, specify, or cite by name: named the primary colors. 3. To call by an epithet: named them all cowards. 4. To nominate for or appoint to a duty, an office, or an honor. See synonyms at appoint. 5. To specify or fix: We need to name the time for our meeting. | | ADJECTIVE: | Informal Well-known by a name: a name performer. | | IDIOMS: | in the name of 1. By the authority of: Open up in the name of the law! 2. For the reason of; using as a reason: grisly experiments performed in the name of science. to (one's) name Belonging to one: I don't have a hat to my name. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English nama. See n -men- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | nam a·ble, namea·ble —ADJECTIVE
namer —NOUN
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