Usually means: Identifier for people, places, things.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word Name:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. name: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. name: Merriam-Webster
  3. name: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. name: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. name: Collins English Dictionary
  6. name: Vocabulary.com
  7. Name, name: Wordnik
  8. name: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. NAmE, name: Wiktionary
  10. name: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. name: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. name: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NAME: Dictionary.com
  14. name: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. name: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NAME (dispersion model), NAME, Name (Goo Goo Dolls song), Name (computer science), Name (disambiguation), Name (song), Name (sports), Name, The Name (play), The Name, .name: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Name: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. name: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. name: Rhymezone
  20. Name (m), name: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. name: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. NAME: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Name, Name: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. name: FreeDictionary.org
  25. name: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. name: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. name: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  2. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  3. Name: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Name (computer science), name: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Name (computer science), .name, name: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. name: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. NAME: Acronym Finder
  3. name: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. name: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. name, name: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Name: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Name: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. name: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (NAmE)

▸ noun:  Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
▸ noun:  A reputation.
▸ noun:  An abusive or insulting epithet.
▸ noun:  A person (or legal person).
▸ noun:  Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
▸ noun:  An authority; a behalf.
▸ noun:  (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
▸ noun:  (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
▸ verb:  (ditransitive) To give a name to.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To mention, specify.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
▸ verb:  (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
▸ verb:  (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To designate for a role.
▸ verb:  (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
▸ noun:  Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
▸ noun:  Abbreviation of North American English. [The variety of the English language used in the United States of America and Canada.]

Similar:
epithet, cite, distinguish, describe, identify, figure, mention, refer, constitute, advert, more...

Opposite:
anonymity, obscurity, unknown, namelessness, unlabelled

Types:
given name, family name, surname, maiden name, more...

Phrases:
name for, to name, by name, first name, last name, more...

Adjectives:
same, own, first, new, real, good, last, common, proper, full, very


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Similar:
epithet, cite, distinguish, describe, identify, figure, mention, refer, constitute, advert, more...

Opposite:
anonymity, obscurity, unknown, namelessness, unlabelled

Types:
given name, family name, surname, maiden name, more...

Phrases:
name for, to name, by name, first name, last name, file name, domain name, brand name, common name, in name, full name, family name, trade name, good name, no name, proper name, generic name, company name, more...

Adjectives:
same, own, first, new, real, good, last, common, proper, full, very



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