Quotes about "name"

• Noun: by the sanction or authority of; example: "halt in the name of the law"

• Noun: a person's reputation; example: "he wanted to protect his good name"

• Noun: a well-known or notable person; examples: "they studied all the great names in the history of France", "she is an important figure in modern music"

• Noun: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; examples: "his name really is George Washington", "those are two names for the same thing"

• Noun: family based on male descent; example: "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

• Noun: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

• Verb: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; examples: "They named their son David", "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

• Verb: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; examples: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal", "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

• Verb: charge with a function; charge to be; examples: "She was named Head of the Committee", "She was made president of the club"

• Verb: create and charge with a task or function; example: "nominate a committee"

• Verb: mention and identify by name; example: "name your accomplices!"

• Verb: identify as in botany or biology, for example

• Verb: make reference to; example: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

• Verb: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; example: "List the states west of the Mississippi"

• Verb: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis