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| n. (communication) | 1. name | 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" |
| ~ language unit, linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed. |
| ~ agnomen | an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great'). |
| ~ dba, doing business as, fictitious name, assumed name | (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation. |
| ~ eponym | the name derived from a person (real or imaginary).; "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down" |
| ~ eponym | the person for whom something is named.; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople" |
| ~ computer file name, computer filename, file name, filename | (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file. |
| ~ patronym, patronymic | a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor). |
| ~ matronymic, metronymic | a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor. |
| ~ street name | the name of a street. |
| ~ street name | the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer.; "all my stocks are held in street name" |
| ~ street name | slang for something (especially for an illegal drug).; "`smack' is a street name for heroin" |
| ~ family name, last name, surname, cognomen | the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name). |
| ~ middle name | a name between your first name and your surname. |
| ~ first name, forename, given name | the name that precedes the surname. |
| ~ nickname | a descriptive name for a place or thing.; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" |
| ~ alias, assumed name, false name | a name that has been assumed temporarily. |
| ~ anonym, nom de guerre, pseudonym | a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role. |
| ~ misnomer | an incorrect or unsuitable name. |
| ~ author's name, writer's name | the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work. |
| ~ appellation, appellative, designation, denomination | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. |
| ~ hypocorism, pet name | a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix).; "`Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'" |
| ~ title | the name of a work of art or literary composition etc..; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles" |
| ~ place name, toponym | the name by which a geographical place is known. |
| ~ signature | your name written in your own handwriting. |
| ~ company name | the name by which a corporation is identified. |
| ~ domain name | strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet.; "domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right" |
| ~ brand, brand name, marque, trade name | a name given to a product or service. |
| n. (state) | 2. name | a person's reputation.; "he wanted to protect his good name" |
| ~ reputation, repute | the state of being held in high esteem and honor. |
| n. (group) | 3. gens, name | family based on male descent.; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| n. (person) | 4. figure, name, public figure | 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" |
| ~ important person, influential person, personage | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events. |
| n. (act) | 5. name | by the sanction or authority of.; "halt in the name of the law" |
| ~ sanction | the act of final authorization.; "it had the sanction of the church" |
| n. (communication) | 6. epithet, name | a defamatory or abusive word or phrase. |
| ~ calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. |
| ~ smear word | an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation.; "he used the smear word `communist' for everyone who disagreed with him" |
| v. (communication) | 7. call, name | 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 | ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality.; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" |
| ~ baptise, baptize, christen | administer baptism to.; "The parents had the child baptized" |
| ~ refer | use a name to designate.; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary" |
| ~ style, title | designate by an identifying term.; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" |
| ~ dub, nickname | give a nickname to. |
| ~ rename | assign a new name to.; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" |
| ~ title, entitle | give a title to. |
| ~ term | name formally or designate with a term. |
| ~ tag | provide with a name or nickname. |
| ~ label | assign a label to; designate with a label.; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" |
| ~ address, call | greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name.; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" |
| v. (communication) | 8. identify, name | 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" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ enumerate, itemize, itemise, recite | specify individually.; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" |
| ~ number, list | enumerate.; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" |
| ~ announce | give the names of.; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee" |
| v. (social) | 9. make, name, nominate | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ rename | name again or anew.; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| v. (social) | 10. appoint, constitute, name, nominate | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| ~ institute, establish, found, plant, constitute | set up or lay the groundwork for.; "establish a new department" |
| ~ pack | set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.; "pack a jury" |
| ~ co-opt | appoint summarily or commandeer.; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups" |
| v. (communication) | 11. name | mention and identify by name.; "name your accomplices!" |
| ~ specify, fix, limit, set, determine, define | decide upon or fix definitely.; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" |
| v. (communication) | 12. advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| ~ commend, remember | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship.; "Remember me to your wife" |
| ~ speak of the devil | mention someone's name who just then appears. |
| ~ remember | mention favorably, as in prayer.; "remember me in your prayers" |
| ~ quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof.; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" |
| ~ touch on | refer to or discuss briefly. |
| ~ invoke, appeal | cite as an authority; resort to.; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" |
| ~ namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them. |
| ~ bring up, raise | put forward for consideration or discussion.; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" |
| ~ drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past.; "Drag up old stories" |
| ~ cross-refer | refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists. |
| v. (cognition) | 13. describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name | identify as in botany or biology, for example. |
| ~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| v. (communication) | 14. list, name | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.; "List the states west of the Mississippi" |
| ~ enumerate, itemize, itemise, recite | specify individually.; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" |
| v. (cognition) | 15. diagnose, name | determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ explore | examine minutely. |
| signature | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. signature | your name written in your own handwriting. |
| ~ name | 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" |
| ~ allograph | a signature written by one person for another. |
| ~ autograph, john hancock | a person's own signature. |
| ~ countersignature, countersign | a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed. |
| ~ endorsement, indorsement | a signature that validates something.; "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement" |
| ~ sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document. |
| ~ paraph | a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. signature, touch | a distinguishing style.; "this room needs a woman's touch" |
| ~ fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| ~ common touch | the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them). |
| n. (communication) | 3. signature, signature tune, theme song | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program. |
| ~ melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| n. (communication) | 4. key signature, signature | the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| n. (communication) | 5. signature | a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book. |
| ~ piece of paper, sheet of paper, sheet | paper used for writing or printing. |
| ~ book | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).; "I am reading a good book on economics" |
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