TO NAME

Definition: TO NAME

TO NAME

1. To name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. --Goldsmith. 9. According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind. He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes. --Isa. xi. 3. They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. --Rom. viii. 5. 10. According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. [Archaic] He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonym: TO NAME

Crosswords: TO NAME

Wellat least now I know what to name him. I don't suppose you know who the father is, so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him? (The Terminator; writing credit: James Cameron; Gale Anne Hurd)

I want to name the girl baby Leslie. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Not going to name a street after him, that's for sure. (24; writing credit: Mark Clompus; Marvin Close)

Well, I had planned to name Trapper Chief Surgeon, to consult on your shift and Frank's. (MASH; writing credit: Ring Lardner Jr.)

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Books

• Boke of Surveying, Here Begynneth a Ryght Frutefull Mater: And Has to Name the Boke of Surveying (reference)

• Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana : What To Name Your Baby Now (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Blood taken is usually screened for Phenylketonuria (PKU), HIV, and cystic fibrosis, to name only a few disease processes that are detectable in this manner. Credit: CDC.

VACTERL association or a nonrandom association of specific newborn abnormalities include to name a few, vertebral dysgenesis, anal defect, cardiac anomalies, tracheoesophageal fistulae, esophageal atresia, radial limb and renal anomalies. Credit: CDC.

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In every case the accused will be entitled to name his own counsel. (reference)

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Health

It will be a daunting task. Before plunging into massive sequencing, researchers from numerous fields--biology, physics, engineering, and computer science, to name a few--are developing automated technologies to reduce the time and cost of sequencing. (references)

More than 20 million Americans are exposed on a regular basis to hazardous noise levels that could result in hearing loss. Occupational noise exposure, the most common cause of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), threatens the hearing of firefighters, police officers, military personnel, construction and factory workers, musicians, farmers, and truck drivers, to name a few. Live or recorded high-volume music, recreational vehicles, airplanes, lawn-care equipment, woodworking tools, some household appliances, and chain saws are examples of nonoccupational sources of potentially hazardous noise. (references)

Business

Before his death in 1916, Yuan unsuccessfully attempted to name himself emperor. (references)

Some - BankBoston Capital, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, and the Tower Fund, to name a few - are backed by heavyweight international financial institutions. (references)

NATO force goal requirements are driving equipment-related decisions, ranging from aircraft and helicopter to air navigation and communications equipment, to tank turrets and computers, to name just a few. Opportunities do exist for foreign firms. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

The Witchcraft Suppression Act (WSA) criminalizes purporting to practice witchcraft, accusing persons of practicing witchcraft, hunting witches, and soliciting persons to name witches; penalties include imprisonment for up to 7 years. (references)

Venezuela

In April the Government attempted to name to the Superior Council of the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas a majority of individuals because of their political allegiance to the Government, rather than because of their academic credentials. (references)

Economic History

Mozambique

In response, the United States suspended plans to provide development aid and to name a new ambassador to Mozambique. (references)

Human Rights

Panama

The same law also gave these two officials the power to name other PTJ officials without consulting the Attorney General. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

A 1992 royal decree reserves for the King exclusive power to name the Crown Prince. (references)

Switzerland

In recent years, Switzerland has been increasingly active in multilateral fora dealing with finance, export controls/nonproliferation, refugees, law enforcement, human rights, and trade, to name only a few. (references)

Political Rights

Mexico

In December 2000, the TEPJF annulled the results of the Tabasco state disputed October 2000 gubernatorial election (in which the PRI bested the PRD candidate by 1 percent) and directed the Tabasco state legislature to name an interim governor and prepare for a new election. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Arabic 

سمي (call). (various references)

Chinese 

稱 (balanced, commend, steelyard, suitable, to address, to call, to consider, to estimate, to fit, to praise, to say, to weigh, well-off). (various references)

German

nennen (be named, be titled, call, cite, describe, mention, name, quote, style), benennen (call, denominate, designate, name, term). (various references)

Hungarian

nevet ad (name), megnevez (specify, to denominate), kinevez (appoint, nominate, to appoint, to commission, to nominate), jelöl (indicate, sign, to nominate, to put in, to sign), javasol (propose, propound, recommend, suggest, to advocate, to counsel, to motion, to nominate, to put forward, to submit, to suggest), elnevez (denominate, name, title, to christen, to denominate). (various references)

Indonesian

menggelar (give a title to, roll out, spread out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

名づける , 名付ける . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なづける. (various references)

Maya

kaba'kuuns. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay amenay

mu . . . sa, sa. (various references)

nominare. (various references)

... aojaite. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"TO NAME" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toname. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: omenta.

-1 letter: ament, atone, meant, menta, monte, oaten, toman.

-2 letters: aeon, amen, ante, atom, etna, mane, mano, mate, mean, meat, meno, meta, moan, moat, mote, name, neat, nema, noma, nome, nota, note, omen, tame, team, toea, tome, tone.

-3 letters: ane, ant, ate, eat, eon, eta, mae, man, mat, men, met, moa, mon, mot, nae, nam.

+1 letter: amniote, automen, boatmen, lomenta, magneto, megaton, momenta, montage, montane, nonmeat, omental, telamon, tomenta, tonearm.

+2 letters: ammonite, amniotes, amounted, anteroom, boatsmen, coinmate, dominate, emanator, hotelman, magneton, magnetos, megatons, metazoan, metazoon, methadon, methanol, misatone, monazite, monetary, monstera, montaged, montages, montanes, nematode, nominate, nonmetal, onstream, ornament, ptomaine, routeman, seamount, tamponed, tonearms, umbonate.

+3 letters: abominate, adenomata, adornment, allotment, amazonite, ammoniate, ammonites, anatomies, anatomise, anatomize, anterooms, anthemion, antismoke, atonement, augmentor, bombinate, brominate, coinmates, copayment, cremation, demantoid, dominated, dominates, emanation, emanators, emotional, emulation, encomiast, entamoeba, gemmation, geomantic, magnetons, magnetron, manifesto, manometer, manometry, manticore, marlstone, mediation, melanotic, melatonin, mentation, mestranol, metazoans, methadone, methadons, methanols, misatoned, misatones, momentary, monastery, monazites, monsteras, montadale, mordanted, morganite, mountable, mucronate, nanometer, nematodes, neuromata, nominated, nominates, nonmarket, nonmental, nonmetals, normative, numerator, ornaments, outmanned, oysterman, pantomime, patrolmen, protamine, protonema, ptomaines, pulmonate, seamounts, semitonal, tamoxifen, telamones, treponema.

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