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Grammar : Adj
Spell : neym
Phonetic Transcription : neɪm

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Définition of named

Origin :
  • Old English nama, noma "name, reputation," from Proto-Germanic *namon (cf. Old Saxon namo, Old Frisian nama, Old High German namo, German Name, Middle Dutch name, Dutch naam, Old Norse nafn, Gothic namo "name"), from PIE *nomn- (cf. Sanskrit nama; Avestan nama; Greek onoma, onyma; Latin nomen; Old Church Slavonic ime, genitive imene; Russian imya; Old Irish ainm; Old Welsh anu "name").
  • Meaning "famous person" is from 1610s. Meaning "one's reputation" is from c.1300. As a modifier meaning "well-known," first attested 1938. Name brand is from 1944; name-calling attested from 1846; name-dropper first recorded 1947. name-tag is from 1903; name-child attested from 1845. The name of the game "the essential thing or quality" is from 1966; to have one's name in lights "be a famous performer" is from 1929.
  • He who once a good name gets,May piss a bed, and say he sweats.["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
  • adj having as a name
  • adj chosen
Example sentences :
  • You were our only child; named Artaminta, in remembrance of my mother.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I have since learnt that these ranges were seen by Mr. Giles, and were named the Warburton Ranges.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • They studied the heavens and named the twelve signs of the Zodiak.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • I named it the Alexander Spring, after my brother, who discovered it.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • You can come on board as much earlier as you like, but I have named the latest time.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • The book in which he did so is not named in the chapter just quoted, but in Numb.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • It might not meet your ideas of what a spot so named should be.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The god Lakhmu and the goddess Lakhamu were made to shine, they were named.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Oh, why have you said such things to me—named after this place, Riolama?
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • He consented, and named the next day but one for the expedition.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
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