name

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* If they were in your name, well, that sucks, but still nobody is coming for your house.

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Quick take

a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of name gathered in one view.

noun

a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"

noun

a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"

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family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for name.

noun

a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"

noun

a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"

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family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

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a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"

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by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"

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a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

verb

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

verb

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

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charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

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create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

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mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"

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make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

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identify as in botany or biology, for example

See also: identify, discover, key, distinguish, describe

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give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"

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determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

Example sentences

* If they were in your name, well, that sucks, but still nobody is coming for your house.

The article gives his name, face, address and relatives.

* If your payables and debts are all in the company's name, nobody is coming for your house.

There's actually a formal name for this phenomenon.

The [Y] icon already tells me the tab points to Hacker News, so an excerpt of the title would help more than the site name.

You can purchase one without your name and address but you can only add money to it using your bank-account.

All the time--in offices, conferences, churches, cafes, restaurants, bars ... you name it.

He hands out little yellow stickies with his name on them, reminding people "who runs the company" when they disagree with him.

And regardless of how well the name of the man behind _why is or isnt known, I also disapprove of repeating it in the article, it was not necessary to the story at all.

Topic other than discussing the irresponsibility of "outing" a guy using the clever tricks of using his name and public records look ups.> A libertarian, Nakamoto encouraged his daughter to be independent, start her own business and "not be under the government's thumb," she says.

You will have a business mess because it will be very easy to conclude you did this maliciously, and you're now one Hacker News post away from having a customer run your name through the mud and for the next several months, 7 out of the top 10 results on any Google search for your company's name will be that post and related ones.

The salient quote from Greenwald's article on this:They completely abused their own terrorism law for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism: a potent reminder of how often governments lie when they claim that they need powers to stop "the terrorists", and how dangerous it is to vest unchecked power with political officials in its name.