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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (frequency) (gloss) "an example sentence"

Display options for word: word#sense number (sense key)

Noun

(94)S: (n) name#1 (name%1:10:00::) (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"
(6)S: (n) name#2 (name%1:26:00::) (a person's reputation) "he wanted to protect his good name"
(2)S: (n) name#3 (name%1:14:00::), gens#1 (gens%1:14:00::) (family based on male descent) "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
(1)S: (n) name#4 (name%1:18:00::), figure#5 (figure%1:18:00::), public figure#1 (public_figure%1:18:00::) (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"
(1)S: (n) name#5 (name%1:04:00::) (by the sanction or authority of) "halt in the name of the law"
S: (n) name#6 (name%1:10:01::), epithet#1 (epithet%1:10:01::) (a defamatory or abusive word or phrase)

Verb

(31)S: (v) name#1 (name%2:32:03::), call#1 (call%2:32:02::), know as#1 (know_as%2:32:00::), be known as#1 (be_known_as%2:32:00::) (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to) "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
(6)S: (v) name#2 (name%2:32:02::), identify#2 (identify%2:32:00::) (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"
(5)S: (v) name#3 (name%2:41:01::), nominate#3 (nominate%2:41:01::), make#20 (make%2:41:03::) (charge with a function; charge to be) "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
(4)S: (v) appoint#1 (appoint%2:41:01::), name#4 (name%2:41:00::), nominate#4 (nominate%2:41:00::), constitute#2 (constitute%2:41:00::) (create and charge with a task or function) "nominate a committee"
(4)S: (v) name#5 (name%2:32:07::) (mention and identify by name) "name your accomplices!"
(2)S: (v) mention#1 (mention%2:32:02::), advert#3 (advert%2:32:12::), bring up#7 (bring_up%2:32:00::), cite#1 (cite%2:32:00::), name#6 (name%2:32:04::), refer#1 (refer%2:32:01::) (make reference to) "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
(1)S: (v) identify#5 (identify%2:31:01::), discover#8 (discover%2:31:03::), key#1 (key%2:31:00::), key out#1 (key_out%2:31:00::), distinguish#5 (distinguish%2:31:01::), describe#4 (describe%2:31:00::), name#7 (name%2:31:01::) (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
S: (v) list#1 (list%2:32:00::), name#8 (name%2:32:09::) (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of) "List the states west of the Mississippi"
S: (v) diagnose#1 (diagnose%2:31:00::), name#9 (name%2:31:00::) (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)