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Definitions: Rename |
RenameVerb1. Assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990". 2. Name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Rename |
| English words defined with "rename": Anabaptize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rename": alpha conversion ♦ disk file utility ♦ mcvax ♦ name capture ♦ Personal Computer Memory Card International Association ♦ sticky bit. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | Most of the provisions in the Papuan version survived largely intact in the final text, including permission to rename the province Papua and permission for a Papuan flag and anthem. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rename" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 71.70% of the time. "Rename" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 71.7% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 28.3% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 53 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
computer remotely rename | 1,019 | basic file rename visual | 8 |
file rename | 757 | dos rename | 7 |
the rename | 444 | rename smart | 7 |
tag rename | 123 | 2.1.7 rename tag | 6 |
rename mp3 | 81 | multiple rename | 6 |
batch rename | 51 | mass rename | 6 |
batch file rename | 25 | 2.1.7.4 rename serial tag | 6 |
rename it | 24 | by filename id3 rename | 6 |
folder rename | 21 | drop rename | 6 |
file multiple rename | 15 | box rename x | 6 |
rename utility | 14 | image rename | 5 |
mp3 rename tag | 12 | photo rename | 5 |
rename the recycle bin | 11 | picture rename | 5 |
file rename utility | 11 | bulk rename | 5 |
program rename | 11 | rename column oracle | 5 |
rename serial tag | 10 | better file rename | 5 |
file mp3 rename | 9 | button rename start | 5 |
directory rename | 9 | ftp rename | 5 |
extension rename | 8 | ck rename | 5 |
extension file rename | 8 | drive rename | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "rename"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | riemërtoj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسمية جديدة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | преименувам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "称. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přejmenovat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rebaptiser (rebaptize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | umbenennen (redefine, to redefine, to rename). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετονομάζω. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átkeresztel (to rename). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rinominare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リトマス試"紙 (linear, linear motor, linear motorcar, linear programming, linen, linole, litmus paper, little, Little League, little magazine, Little Rock, Little Tokyo, renewal, retractable, retractable headlamp, retry, rhythmic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リネー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 새 이름을 붙이십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enameray rebatizar, dar novo nome a. (various references) переименовать. (various references) ponovo dati ime. (various references) rebautizar (rechristen), poner nuevo nombre a (rechristen). (various references) namnändra. (various references) การตั้งชื่อไฟล์ใหม่ (ทางคอมพิวเตอร์), ตั้งชื่อใหม่. (various references) yeni isim koymak, yeni ad vermek, adını değiştirmek. (various references) перейменувати. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rename": renamed, renames. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rename": forename, prename. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rename": forenamed, forenames, prenames. (additional references) | |
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"Rename" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ben-ami, Ernani, Greenamyer, Ramaema, ranae, Rantanen, Ratnam, readme, reama, rebname, recane, Rehana, renage, renana, rennand, renome, renue, renum, Renzan, Rignomer, royaume, Trehame, Trenaman, Vennamo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rename" (pronounced rēnā"m) |
| 3 | -n ā" m | name. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: meaner. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: ameer, enema, namer, ramee, ramen, ranee, reman. | |
-2 letters: amen, earn, erne, mane, mare, mean, mere, name, near, neem, nema, ream. | |
-3 letters: ane, are, arm, ear, eme, era, ere, ern, mae, man, mar, men, nae, nam, nee, ram, ran, ree, rem. | |
-4 letters: ae, am, an, ar, em, en, er, ma, me, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: amender, enframe, freeman, germane, meander, meaners, menacer, prename, reedman, renamed, renames. | |
+2 letters: aldermen, amenders, antimere, averment, bargemen, brakemen, damneder, dampener, demander, demeanor, earthmen, empyrean, enameler, enamored, enframed, enframes, engramme, everyman, examiner, forename, freedman, gendarme, hermaean, lamenter, maneuver, mannered, meanders, membrane, menacers, menarche, menswear, numerate, permeant, prenames, redemand, remained, remanded, remanent, remanned, spearmen, verseman, watermen. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6E 61 6D 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101110 01100001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e n a m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006E 0061 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527180677971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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