name
/neɪm/ verb B1- To give a name to. · One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
- To mention, specify. · He named his demands.· You name it!
- To identify as relevant or important · naming the problem
- To publicly implicate by name. · The painter was named as an accomplice.
- To disclose the name of. · Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
- To designate for a role. · My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
- To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
He/she/it names · Past named · Past participle named · -ing form naming
Verb forms
- Base form
- name
- He/she/it
- names
- Past
- named
- Past participle
- named
- -ing form
- naming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“‘The king’s attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religious institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantès, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris.
And it’s a very pretty name, don’t you think?
I named it Violet Vale.
But Diana named the Birch Path.
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