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Nouns

• (n) a language unit by which a person or thing is known
  • his name really is George Washington
  • those are two names for the same thing
• (n) a person's reputation
  • he wanted to protect his good name
• (n) family based on male descent
  • he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
  gens,
• (n) a well-known or notable person
  • they studied all the great names in the history of France
  • she is an important figure in modern music
  public figure, figure,
• (n) by the sanction or authority of
  • halt in the name of the law
• (n) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase epithet,

Verbs

• (v) assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
  • They named their son David
  • The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
  call,
• (v) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
  • Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
  • The almanac identifies the auspicious months
  identify,
• (v) charge with a function; charge to be
  • She was named Head of the Committee
  • She was made president of the club
  nominate, make,
• (v) create and charge with a task or function
  • nominate a committee
  appoint, constitute, nominate,
• (v) mention and identify by name
  • name your accomplices!
• (v) make reference to
  • His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
  cite, mention, refer, advert, bring up,
• (v) identify as in botany or biology, for example key, key out, describe, distinguish, identify, discover,
• (v) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
  • List the states west of the Mississippi
  list,
• (v) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis diagnose,

Synonyms

call identify gens nominate make public figure figure appoint constitute cite mention refer advert bring up epithet key key out describe distinguish discover list diagnose

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