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Meanings of naming in English

Portuguese
designação
Catalan
nomenament
Spanish
designación

The act of putting a person into a non-elective position.

designação

Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.

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Examples for "appellative"
1
By the way, this self-same appellative, Pandora, has been bestowed upon vessels.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
2
Upon the other was bestowed the equally desirable appellative of Cornelia.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 / A Maga...
3
Why,' said the prof, 'to employ a vulgarism, perspicuity is my penultimate appellative.'
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
4
Wily Will justified his appellative; for, after suspicion arose, he was seen no more.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2
5
This dreadful appellative, "a murderer," made my very blood run cold within me.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
Usage of naming in English
1
They are for example... political choices, he added, without naming individual countries.
The Irish Times
2
However, he stopped short of directly naming Iraq or the United States.
The Irish Times
3
However, survivors, friends, family and local newspapers have begun naming the dead.
The Irish Times
4
The New Zealand Post Book Awards have a new naming rights sponsor.
Radio NZ
5
Dad refused to believe it; naming me was a note of defiance.
The Door Into Summer
6
Solomon Lane - Mission Impossible was never great at naming its characters.
Radio NZ
7
The Myanmar investigators must believe they can achieve something by naming names.
BBC
8
Now there's something else for people naming new products to worry about!
Radio NZ
9
That way, if one naming server went down, another could help you.
Wired
10
Without naming China, the bill is clearly aimed most at Chinese imports.
Reuters
11
The naming is in French, but that is the English of it.
The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune
12
He got several right off the bat, but it's, naming is difficult.
Wired
13
Winnie Mandela, meanwhile, will be given the naming rights to Olifantsfontein Road.
The South African
14
There is currently a ban on naming prescription drugs in an advertisement.
Reuters
15
Private business could also contribute through sponsorship or naming rights, he added.
Radio NZ
16
Scatter your clothes in the four corners of the room, naming them.
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
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New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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