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nounThe name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them.'What's his name?'—'Peter.'I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name.They changed the name of the street.You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name .He had a name for good judgement.She's never had any drug problems or done anything to give jazz a bad name.You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well-known ....some of the most famous names in modelling and show business....top names such as Nike, Levi's, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.verbWhen you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life.My mother insisted on naming me Horace....a man named John T. Benson.He won his first race on the aptly named 'Never Say Die'.If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing.Why have you not named any of your sons after yourself?If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name.It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source.One of the victims of the weekend's snowstorm has been named as twenty-year-old John Barr.If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be.Call Marty, tell him to name his price.If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job.The England manager will be naming a new captain.When the chairman retired, McGovern was named as his successor.Early in 1941 he was named commander of the Afrika Korps. A1

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definition	noun The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them. 'What's his name?'—'Peter.' I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name. They changed the name of the street. You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name . He had a name for good judgement. She's never had any drug problems or done anything to give jazz a bad name. You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well-known . ...some of the most famous names in modelling and show business. ...top names such as Nike, Levi's, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. verb When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life. My mother insisted on naming me Horace. ...a man named John T. Benson. He won his first race on the aptly named 'Never Say Die'. If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing. Why have you not named any of your sons after yourself? If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name. It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source. One of the victims of the weekend's snowstorm has been named as twenty-year-old John Barr. If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be. Call Marty, tell him to name his price. If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job. The England manager will be naming a new captain. When the chairman retired, McGovern was named as his successor. Early in 1941 he was named commander of the Afrika Korps.
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cefr-level	A1

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