adj
Meaning 1
Giving a name to a person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
naming
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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/ˈneɪmɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪmɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: N EY1 M IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The process of giving names to things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of name
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 5
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appointment, assignment, designation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decision, determination, conclusion
Narrower terms: nomination, co-option, co-optation, delegacy, ordination, ordinance, recognition
noun
Meaning 6
the verbal act of naming
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the part he failed was the naming of state capitals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: acrophony, numeration, indication, denotation, specification
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: nomear — giving a name
- Finnish: nimeäminen — process
- Hungarian: névadás — process
- Portuguese: nomeação — process
- Dutch: naamgeving — ritual or ceremony
- Finnish: nimenanto — ritual or ceremony
- West-Frisian: nammejouwing — ritual or ceremony
- German: Namengebung — ritual or ceremony
- Hungarian: névadás — ritual or ceremony
- Korean: 명명식 (myeongmyeongsik) — ritual or ceremony
- Russian: имянарече́ние (imjanarečénije) — ritual or ceremony
- Telugu: నామకరణము (nāmakaraṇamu) — ritual or ceremony
Real reading context