name

plural names · alternative Geordie nyem

1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

   What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.

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   I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.

   That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

   c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]

   […] and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:19

   So good a man as this must surely have a name.

   1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

   Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

   2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist

   Synonyms: proper name

2. A reputation.

   And David won a name for himself.

   1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13

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   Good name in man and woman, dear my lord Is the immediate jewel of their souls.

   c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]

   The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.

   1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

3. An abusive or insulting epithet.

   Stop calling me names!

4. A person (or legal person).

   p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, →ISBN, page 287 http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] .

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   They list with women each degenerate name.

   1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

   Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?

   2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management page 79 http://books.google.com/books?id=-IaKYHY0sogC&pg=PA79&dq=names

   International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .

   2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, page 29 http://books.google.com/books?id=bM6MPBIFwkQC&pg=PA29&dq=names

5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

   The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.

   1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

6. An authority; a behalf.

   Halt in the name of the law!

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   We may be quite sure, therefore, that in some shape, if we, the people of England, tolerate the bloody and sanguinary crimes which are committed in our name, if they are so committed, and we do not remonstrate and condemn, we shall have no acquittal at that tribunal by which the actions, not of individuals only, but of nations and peoples, are finally judged.

   1881, George Barnett Smith, chapter XVI, in The Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., volume II, London: Hodder and Stroughton, page 541

7. computingAn identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
8. UKbusinessAn investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.

present singular third person names · participle present naming · participle past named · past named

1. ditransitiveTo give a name to.

   One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.

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   I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'

   1904, L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz

   A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.

   1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms: bename

2. transitiveTo mention, specify.

   You name it!

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   He named his demands.

   You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.

   The three countries were named in a new study from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.

   2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019

   Synonyms: nominate

3. transitiveTo identify as relevant or important

   naming the problem

4. transitiveTo publicly implicate by name.

   The painter was named as an accomplice.

5. transitiveTo disclose the name of.

   Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.

6. transitiveTo designate for a role.

   My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

   Synonyms: nominate

7. Westminster systemtransitivegovernmentTo initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

   I must warn the Right Honourable gentleman, that if he persists in his refusal to comply with my order to withdraw [the words "deliberately deceptive"], I shall be compelled to name him.

   2013 July 10, John (Speaker of the House of Commons) Bercow, (Please provide the book title or journal name), to MP Nigel Dodds

plural names · alternative ñame · alternative namé

1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

   Synonyms: cush-cush, greater yam

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of North American English.