rename
verb /ˌriːˈneɪm/
/ˌriːˈneɪm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rename | /ˌriːˈneɪm/ /ˌriːˈneɪm/ |
| he / she / it renames | /ˌriːˈneɪmz/ /ˌriːˈneɪmz/ |
| past simple renamed | /ˌriːˈneɪmd/ /ˌriːˈneɪmd/ |
| past participle renamed | /ˌriːˈneɪmd/ /ˌriːˈneɪmd/ |
| -ing form renaming | /ˌriːˈneɪmɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈneɪmɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody/something a new name
- rename something to rename a street
- rename something + noun Leningrad was renamed St Petersburg.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRename is used with these nouns as the object:- file