name - English word #184

Translation

The word that a person, place, or thing is called.

Word origin

From Old English nama, meaning the word a person or thing is known by, shared across many old languages.

Gender

Pluralnames

name is Anna.

"Name" means the word people use to call you.

am bad remembering names.

"Names" is the plural, meaning more than one name.

is name street?

Here "name" is the word that the street is called.

word

A sound or group of letters that has a meaning when you say or write it.

call

To speak to someone on the phone, or to say a name in a loud voice.

say

To speak words, or to tell someone something using your voice.

know

To have information about something, or to be familiar with a person.

tell

To give information to someone using words.

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