NAMING
Dictionary entry overview: What does naming mean?
• NAMING (noun)
The noun NAMING has 2 senses:
1. the verbal act of naming
2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Familiarity information: NAMING used as a noun is rare.
• NAMING (adjective)
The adjective NAMING has 1 sense:
1. inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Familiarity information: NAMING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NAMING (noun)
Meaning:
The verbal act of naming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the part he failed was the naming of state capitals
Hypernyms ("naming" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naming"):
acrophony (naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter)
numeration (naming numbers)
denotation; indication (the act of indicating or pointing out by name)
specification (naming explicitly)
Meaning:
The act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
appointment; designation; naming; assignment
Context example:
the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
Hypernyms ("naming" is a kind of...):
conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naming"):
nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)
co-optation; co-option (the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent))
delegacy (the appointment of a delegate)
ordinance; ordination (the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders)
recognition (designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body)
• NAMING (adjective)
Meaning:
Inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Synonyms:
naming; appellative
Context examples:
the appellative faculty of children / the appellative function of some primitive rites
Similar:
denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
