/neɪm/
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.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- nama
Grammar
Examples
Anna.
"Name" means the word people use to call you.
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"Names" is the plural, meaning more than one name.
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Here "name" is the word that the street is called.
Used in
Stories
(12)The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(19)Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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