name
noun
- word used for identification of a specific entity
- part of speech which shares features with nouns and adjectives
verb
- to give a name to something
- give someone else's name
- to appoint to an office, assign a role
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /n(j)ɑmeɪ/ / /neɪm/
name
- Abbreviation of North American English.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English namen, from Old English namian (“to name, mention”) and ġenamian (“to name, call, appoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *namōn (“to name”). Cognate with West Frisian neame (“to name; to mention”). Compare also Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, give a name to a person or thing”).
- To give a name to.
“One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.”
“I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'”
- 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.
“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.”