Main entry: assignment, appointment, designation, naming
Definition: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Usage: the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
Main entry: naming
Definition: the verbal act of naming
Usage: the part he failed was the naming of state capitals
Main entry: naming, appellative
Definition: inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Usage: the appellative faculty of children; the appellative function of some primitive rites