namenoun
uk/neɪm/us/neɪm/A1 [ C ] the word or words that a person, thing, or place is known by:
"Hi, what's your name?" "My name's Diane."
Please write your full (= complete) name and address on the form.
What's the name of that mountain in the distance?
We finally agreed on the name Luca for our son.
The students were listed by name and by country of origin.
B2 [ C usually singular ] the opinion or reputation that someone or something has:
She went to court to clear her name (= prove that the bad things said about her were not true).
The fans' actions gave our team a bad name in the youth league at that time.
They're trying to restore the good name of the manufacturer.
[ C ] someone who is famous or has a good reputation:
It seemed like all the big names in football were there.
by the name of sth formal
called:
I need to talk to a professor by the name of Bin Said.
go by the name of sth
to give yourself a name that is not your real name:
In the business world he goes by the name of J. Walter Fortune.
in the name of sb also in sb's name
for someone or belonging to someone:
I'm here to pick up my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin.
The house is in my wife's name.
More examples
- Please would you check in at the reception desk and sign your name in the book.
- I can't think of her name - it'll come back to me later.
- What's the file name?
- The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses.
- She slapped him and called him names, but he didn't react.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reputation
- by reputation idiom
- cred
- credibility
- disreputable
- disrepute
- honorably
- honourable
- infamous
- infamy
- mud
- mud sticks idiom
- notorious
- reputable
- reputation
- repute
- reputed
- smoke
- standing
- there's no smoke without fire idiom
- your name is mud idiom
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Famous people
Belongings and possessions
Idiom(s)
be a name to conjure with
in all but name
in God's/heaven's name
in name only
in the name of sth
in the name of sb/sth
make a name for yourself
your name is mud
the name of the game
take sb's name in vain
to your name
under the name of
nameverb [ T ]
uk/neɪm/us/neɪm/name verb [ T ] (GIVE/SAY NAME)
B1 to give someone or something a name:
[ + two objects ] We named our dogs Shandy and Belle.
A man named Dennis answered the door.
B1 to say what something or someone's name is:
In the first question you had to name three types of monkey.
He couldn't name his attacker.
More examples
- We've just got a new cat, but we haven't named him yet.
- Paul was named after his grandad.
- The Queen attended a ceremony to name the ship.
- Some parents chose to name their children after characters from the show.
- They named their son Isaac after the biblical character.
name verb [ T ] (CHOOSE)
B2 to choose someone or something:
Just name the time and I'll be there.
Name your conditions/terms/price.
Ms Martinez has been named (as) the new Democratic candidate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- easy option
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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Idiom(s)
name and shame
name names
name the day
you name it
Phrasal verb(s)
name sb/sth after sb/sth