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1. naming
noun. ['ˈneɪmɪŋ'] the verbal act of naming.
Synonyms
- numeration
- denotation
- indication
- acrophony
- specification
Antonyms
- disapproval
- acknowledged
- unacknowledged
- rejection
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Rhymes with Naming
- proclaiming
- exclaiming
- disclaiming
- reclaiming
- inflaming
- acclaiming
- framing
- flaming
- claiming
- blaming
- taming
- shaming
- maiming
- gaming
- aiming
Sentences with naming
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
This can be done by naming them as co-defendants in the suit against the corporation.
Quotes about naming
1. We the mortals touch the metals,the wind, the ocean shores, the stones,knowing they will go on, inert or burning,and I was discovering, naming all the these things:it was my destiny to love and say goodbye.
- Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day
2. There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name.
- Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
3. A Paradox, the doughnut hole. Empty space, once, but now they've learned to market even that. A minus quantity; nothing, rendered edible. I wondered if they might be used-metaphorically, of course-to demonstrate the existence of God. Does naming a sphere of nothingness transmute it into being?
- Margaret Atwood, Der blinde Mörder
2. naming
adjective. ['ˈneɪmɪŋ'] inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
Synonyms
- denotative
- appellative
Antonyms
- activation
- continuance
- continuation
3. naming
noun. ['ˈneɪmɪŋ'] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.
Synonyms
- appointment
- co-optation
- conclusion
- delegacy
- determination
- nomination
- recognition
- ordinance
- designation
- decision
- co-option
- assignment
Antonyms
- defeat
- beginning
- victory
- middle