naming English

Meaning naming meaning

What does naming mean?

naming

— noun the verbal act of naming the part he failed was the naming of state capitals

— adjective (= appellative) inclined to or serving for the giving of names the appellative faculty of children the appellative function of some primitive rites

— noun (= appointment) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Synonyms naming synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as naming?

naming English » English

designation

christening

assignment

appointment

classifying

calling

appellative

telling

speaking

selection

nomination

narration

mentioning

indication

identifying

giving a name

expressing

electing

denoting

denotation

choosing

addressing

Topics naming topics

What do people use naming to talk about?

Person Life Birth

Birth ceremony

• What words refer to a ceremony celebrating a child's birth?
  birth ceremony christening naming ceremony baptism

Social behavior Social activity Social event

Ceremony

• What types of ceremonies are there?
  anniversary banquet baptism birthday party carousal celebration christening closing ceremony commemoration confirmation consecration convention dance dedication feast festivity fete funeral funfest gala game night graduation homecoming inauguration induction initiation launching memorial naming ceremony opening grand opening parade party reception recognition reenactment retirement toast trade fair wake wedding

Grammar Name

Name of a person

• When is a name given?
  naming ceremony christening

Examples naming examples

How do I use naming in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Some men make the mistake of naming their boats after their girlfriends.

Not complying with the naming conventions will result in parse errors.

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

Movie subtitles

Nobody's going to cut off their nose to spite their face, naming names in this.

If our new baby is born before I get back. talk Molly out of naming him Hubert will you?

They'll be naming streets after you.

And I'm gonna lay charges naming you as accessory.

My birthplace I will not disgrace by naming it.

So I cannot persuade you of the folly in naming Miki's son as heir to the throne of this castle?

We're naming a new head of European operations. and you won't be forgotten, Mac.

It's bad enough to march in here demanding a place to perform harakiri, but then you quibble endlessly over naming your second.

They're naming him Koichi, just like you.

Naming as his heir his great nephew, Octavian!

We have taken the liberty of naming it after the man who inspired its creation.

You know how close he came to naming all his rich friends?

There's no sense naming names, since the enemy is probably listening, and there's no reason I can think of to tell him where we're going to strike.

And putting their pictures on T-shirts and cereal boxes by signing them up with record companies, naming a restaurant chain after them, Christ, I don't know.

Don't worry, Mrs. Garrett, don't worry. Nobody's going to cut off their nose to spite their face, naming names in this.

They'll be naming streets after you. There'll be statues of you.

We're naming the dresses.

Well, sir, with your permission, of course, me and the wife sort of felt. if we could take the liberty of naming him after you, governor - horatio.

I don't think it will be a surprise if I say. the Pope has given some thought to naming you a bishop.

A life insurance policy naming the school as benefiiciary.

I'm naming him Mtula.

Journalists are good at naming things.

Ya know how close he came to naming' off all his soon-to-be rich friends in town?

They'd be naming streets after you. There'll be statues of you in the park.

My application for divorce will be filed tomorrow morning. naming the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Without naming names, of course.

And he will legalize the status of his son By naming him in his will.

We have taken the liberty of naming it after the man who inspired its creation. - The Leslie Special.

This broken joint between you and her husband entreat her to splinter and my fortunes against any lay worth naming this crack in your love shall grow stronger than it was before.

How crass! How could you think of naming a horse after the Father?

All the bad girls you're naming.

There's no sense naming names since the enemy is probably listening and there's no reason I can think of to tell him where we're going to strike.

Just naming the words, right?

He's in there, naming the pups.

I'm thinking of naming you successor anyway.

They're naming the boy after you.

News and current affairs

Indeed, it seems as if everyone in the Kremlin is reading Carl Schmitt, the Nazi legal theorist who taught that naming your enemy is the central mission of politics.

Another piece of good news is that the Europeans have now given up their claim on naming the IMF's managing director (as have the Americans their corresponding claim on the World Bank presidency).

It also cut back on several country-specific monitoring mechanisms, compromising one of the most powerful of human rights tools, that of naming and shaming.

The cataloging and naming of diseases is a condition of scientific research, as well as its product.

The Swedish practice of naming and shaming is quite un-Dutch.

This means that the country seeking information must produce a substantiated request, naming the taxable person and the specific bank in question or describing them in sufficient detail.

BERKELEY - I had always thought that Barack Obama made a significant mistake in naming the Republican ex-senator Alan Simpson to co-chair the president's deficit-reduction commission.

His other name, Abu Mazen, is not a revolutionary name but reflects the practice of naming a person as the father of his eldest son.

First came a divisive fight over naming a new Managing Director: Germany pushed a little known and unqualified bureaucrat and failed to have him accepted.

In Lepper's last speech as deputy speaker he accused many famous politicians of taking bribes, naming the amounts, times, and places where the bribery took place.

Linneaus invented the modern process of naming species in the mid-1700's, although naming did not get under way until the peace following Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat in 1815.

Similar campaigns of naming and shaming have affected the investment and employment patterns of Mattel, Nike, and a host of other companies.

This is why he refrained from naming the political parties that support him after himself.

But the Commission now proposes to put the emphasis entirely on peer pressure - naming and shaming offenders.

Even in that case, however, naming those who misbehave to important positions of high trust and acclaiming them as bipartisan statesmen gives the next generation really lousy incentives.

Abdullah also appointed his son Mish'al as Governor of Najran, before raising Mish'al's profile further, in December 2013, by naming him Governor of Mecca, in place of Khalid Al Faisal.

This naming and shaming approach can be more effective than most observers think.

The strategy rests on peer pressure, naming and shaming governments that fail to make progress.

This would reduce Ahmadinejad's ability to intervene in economic policies and keep him from naming the bank's governor.

The NBU is subordinate to President Viktor Yushchenko, who, despite naming Tymoshenko as prime minister, seems more interested in harming her politically than in capping inflation.