Main entry: name
Definition: by the sanction or authority of
Usage: halt in the name of the law
Main entry: name
Definition: a language unit by which a person or thing is known
Usage: his name really is George Washington; those are two names for the same thing
Definition: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Definition: family based on male descent
Usage: he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
Main entry: name, figure, public figure
Definition: a well-known or notable person
Usage: they studied all the great names in the history of France; she is an important figure in modern music
Main entry: name
Definition: a person's reputation
Usage: he wanted to protect his good name
Definition: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Main entry: discover, distinguish, describe, identify, key, key out, name
Definition: identify as in botany or biology, for example
Definition: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
Usage: List the states west of the Mississippi
Main entry: name
Definition: mention and identify by name
Usage: name your accomplices!
Main entry: name, cite, bring up, advert, mention, refer
Definition: make reference to
Usage: His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Definition: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
Usage: Many senators were named in connection with the scandal; The almanac identifies the auspicious months
Definition: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Usage: They named their son David; The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Main entry: constitute, name, nominate, appoint
Definition: create and charge with a task or function
Usage: nominate a committee
Main entry: nominate, name, make
Definition: charge with a function; charge to be
Usage: She was named Head of the Committee; She was made president of the club