Usually means: Change the existing name to
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word rename:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. rename: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rename: Merriam-Webster
  3. rename: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rename: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rename: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rename, rename: Wordnik
  7. rename: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rename: Wiktionary
  9. Rename, rename: Dictionary.com
  10. Rename (computing), Rename (relational algebra), Rename: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Rename: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. rename: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. rename: Rhymezone
  14. Rename: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. rename: FreeDictionary.org
  16. rename: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. rename: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rename: CCI Computer

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give a new name to.
▸ noun:  An instance of renaming.

Similar:
name, newname, give name to, rebaptize, nickname, restyle, nomenclate, rechristen, redenominate, byname, more...

Opposite:
unchange, retain, keep, preserve, leave as is

Types:
rebrand, relabel, repackage, restructure, more...

Adjectives:
select, click, proper, associated, procedure, anonymous



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Similar:
name, newname, give name to, rebaptize, nickname, restyle, nomenclate, rechristen, redenominate, byname, more...

Opposite:
unchange, retain, keep, preserve, leave as is

Types:
rebrand, relabel, repackage, restructure, more...

Adjectives:
select, click, proper, associated, procedure, anonymous



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