name has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a language unit by which a person or thing is known

Examples

"his name really is George Washington" "those are two names for the same thing"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

At this date , it seems probable that the name of Serge_Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History , as an effective Traditionalist , who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation , and used it as it served his purpose ; yet was never caught_up in it - never a slave to its academic dialectics .

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

The drug 's chemical name is listed , since most states require feed processors to use this name instead of the trade_name on the feed tag .

The drug 's chemical name is listed , since most states require feed processors to use this name instead of the trade_name on the feed tag .

In some instances , the trade_name is shown in parentheses following the chemical name .

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

The gruesome humor of the Nazis was not forgotten - the gas_chamber with a sign on it with the name of a Jewish foundation and bearing a copper Star_of_David - nor the gratuitous sadism of SS officers .

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[ noun ] by the sanction or authority of

Examples

"halt in the name of the law"

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

By making inroads in the name of law_enforcement into the protection which Congress has afforded to the marriage relationship , the Court today continues in the path charted by the recent decision in Wyatt_v._United_States , 362_U._S._525 , where the Court held that , under_the_circumstances of that case , a wife could be compelled to testify against her husband over her objection .

Related terms

sanction

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[ verb ] assign a specified, proper name to

Synonyms

call

Examples

"They named their son David" "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old_man named Asher_Jones , the warrant for his arrest had never been served .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Others carried extra clips for the Browning_Automatic_Rifle , which was in the hands of a little Mexican named Martinez .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

The Deacon_Board , headed by a black_man named Carlson , had practically taken_over as the pastor grew old , and had_its_way with the support of the Amen_corner .

It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church , a woman named Catt who , as Wilson afterward found , was briefly referred to as The_Cat because of her sharp_tongue and fierce initiative .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

In the audience a man named Ferguson lost his head and tried to rescue a little girl from the mob , on the same principle which had led Miss_Harris to demand water .

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[ noun ] a person's reputation

Examples

"he wanted to protect his good name"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

He imagined they were the kind whose tax_returns were never examined ( if they were , they were never penalized ) , whose children had no unhappy romances , whose names never knew scandal .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

The men of our company had a dozen fights defending your name .

The men of your company would not allow your name dishonored .

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

He was in his mid_fifties at this time , long past the establishment of his name and the wish to be lionized yet once_again , and it was almost a decade since he had sworn_off lecturing .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

`` You always live_up_to your name , always like this , always making_happy '' ?

Related terms

repute

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[ noun ] a well-known or notable person

Examples

"they studied all the great names in the history of France" "she is an important figure in modern music"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

We have aligned ourselves with that `` liberal '' tradition in Protestant Christianity that counts among the great names in its history those of Schleiermacher , Ritschl , Herrmann , Harnack , and Troeltsch , and more recently , Schweitzer and the early Barth and , in part at_least , Bultmann .

Related terms

important_person

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[ noun ] family based on male descent

Synonyms

gens

Examples

"he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The officer demanded the names of the injured men ; the Mexicans not_only refused to give them , but told the possemen if they wanted a fight they could have it .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

What hope lay_in the nephews , she asked the intensifying light out there , with one married to a barren woman and the other divorced , having sired two girl children , with none to bear_on the Packard name ?

Related terms

family

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[ verb ] give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

Synonyms

identify

Examples

"Many senators were named in connection with the scandal" "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The cyclist , a sufficiently commonplace young fellow , is not named but identified simply as `` Life '' - that and a license_number , which Piepsam uses in addressing him .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

- name William_Foster 's Four_Internal_Contradictions in Capitalism .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

`` There is a man named Grabski who is the foreman in_charge_of the bricklayers at Majdanek .

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[ verb ] charge with a function; charge to be

Synonyms

make nominate

Examples

"She was named Head of the Committee" "She was made president of the club"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The board_of_regents of Paris_Junior_College has named Dr._Clarence_Charles_Clark of Hays , Kan. as the school 's new president .

Related terms

appoint rename nomination

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[ verb ] mention and identify by name

Examples

"name your accomplices!"

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

She concluded by asking him to name another hour should this one be inconvenient .

Related terms

specify

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[ verb ] charge with a task or function

Examples

"appoint someone president" "nominate a committee"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

Named by Mayor_Wagner three years ago to head a committee that included James_A._Farley , Bernard_Gimbel and Clint_Blume , Shea worked relentlessly .

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[ verb ] make reference to

Examples

: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

I was having lunch not_long ago ( apologies to N._V._Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle_Ages , one in American history , and one in the Far_East ) , and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed , majestic instancy '' ( Francis_Thompson 's words for the Hound_of_Heaven 's pursuit ) by judicial fiat .

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

The causes of the decline of the commuter railroads are many and complex - high taxes , losses of revenue to Government subsidized highway and air carriers , to name but two .

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[ verb ] give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

Synonyms

list

Examples

"List the states west of the Mississippi"

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

I was having lunch not_long ago ( apologies to N._V._Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle_Ages , one in American history , and one in the Far_East ) , and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed , majestic instancy '' ( Francis_Thompson 's words for the Hound_of_Heaven 's pursuit ) by judicial fiat .

Related terms

give enumerate list listing

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[ noun ] a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

Synonyms

epithet

Examples

"sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

Related terms

defamation smear_word

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[ verb ] as in botany or biology, for example

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

In our disbelief we think that we can no_longer even use the word and so are unable to even name the elemental power which is so vividly real in_this play .

Related terms

identity classify

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[ verb ] determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

Synonyms

diagnose

Related terms

analyze explore diagnosis

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