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naming

/ˈneɪmɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Naming means: inclined to or serving for the giving of names.

Synonyms for naming6

noun, as in the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

appointment, assignment, designation

adjective, as in inclined to or serving for the giving of names

appellative, denotative, denotive

What does naming mean?3

adjective

1

inclined to or serving for the giving of names“the appellative faculty of children”

noun

1

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position“the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee”

2

the verbal act of naming“the part he failed was the naming of state capitals”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with naming?9

three syllables

proclaimingreclaiming
Show 40 near rhymes
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Naming in a sentence

  • Not complying with the naming conventions will result in parse errors.vicch
  • Some men make the mistake of naming their boats after their girlfriends.CK
  • Failure to correspond with the naming convention may result in parsing errors.urro
  • Naming his son after himself felt like a rite of passage.Nuel
  • Vladimir spent a long time naming the Algerian cities he had been to.Amastan
  • After naming his successor, he died.carlosalberto
  • Naming a baby is hard because there are so many enemies in life with common names.Eccles17
  • There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.sikmir

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