adj
Meaning 1
Having a name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unnamed
Standard Lemma guide
named
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/neɪmd/
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rhymes with -eɪmd
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adj
Meaning 2
An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of name
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- Near-synonym: called (verb)
- Her dog is named Lucky.
- My nephew is named after his maternal grandfather.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: called
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chickasaw: holhchifo — having a name
- Czech: pojmenovaný — having a name
- Dutch: genaamd — having a name
- Finnish: nimetty — having a name
- French: nommé — having a name
- Greek: ονοματισμένος (onomatisménos) — having a name
- Greek: ονοματιζόμενος (onomatizómenos) — having a name
- Greek: ονόματι (onómati) — having a name
- Indonesian: bernama — having a name
- Norwegian: navngitt — having a name
- Turkish: adlı — having a name
- Turkish: isimli — having a name
Real reading context