Definition of named

"named" in the verb sense

1. name, call, know as, be known as

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

"They named their son David"

"The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

2. name, identify

give the name or identifying characteristics of refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

"Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"

"The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

3. name, nominate, make

charge with a function charge to be

"She was named Head of the Committee"

"She was made president of the club"

4. appoint, name, nominate, constitute

create and charge with a task or function

"nominate a committee"

5. name

mention and identify by name

"name your accomplices!"

6. mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer

make reference to

"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

7. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

identify as in botany or biology, for example

8. list, name

give or make a list of name individually give the names of

"List the states west of the Mississippi"

9. diagnose, name

determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

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Quotations for named

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good. [ Milton ]

Named softly as the household name of one whom God had taken. [ Mrs. Browning ]

None knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise. [ Fitz-Greene Halleck ]

Men shiver when thou art named; nature appalled shakes off her wonted firmness. [ Blair ]

The grave - dread thing! - men shiver when thou art named; Nature, appalled, shakes off her wonted firmness. [ Blair ]

Named or Mentioned? In such expressions as, I have never named the subject to him, named is improperly used for mentioned. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

There is no tomorrow; though before our face the shadow named so stretches, we always fail to overtake it, hasten as we may. [ Margaret J. Preston ]

The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions. [ Alcott ]

A homely man of merit is never repulsive: as soon as he is named, his physique is forgotten; the mind passes through it to see the soul. [ Romainville ]

As the evening sun faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Great Men are the inspired (speaking and acting) Texts of that Divine Book of Revelations, whereof a Chapter is completed from epoch to epoch, and by some named History. [ Carlyle ]

A prolific source of obscurity is ambiguous arrangement. A member of the Savage Club, so runs the story, was one day standing on the steps of the club house. A messenger stopped and inquired: Does a gentleman belong to your club with one eye named Walker? I don't know, was the answer, what was the name of his other eye? [ Sir J. F. Stephen, The Art of Authorship, 1891 ]

Nominate or Name? To nominate is to mention for a specific purpose. To name is to mention for a general purpose. Persons only are nominated; things, as well as persons, are named. To be nominated is a public act; to be named is generally private. To be nominated is always an honor; to be named may, according to circumstances, be either honorable or dishonorable. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

named in Scrabble®

The word named is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters named:

MANED
(33)
AMEND
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word named

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In named

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named in Words With Friends™

The word named is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters named:

AMEND
(54)
MANED
(54)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word named

NAMED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In named

AMEND
(54)
MANED
(54)
MEND
(51)
MADE
(48)
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MEAN
(48)
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Words containing the sequence named

Words with named in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving named

Shorter words in named

am name

me name

Longer words containing named

codenamed

misnamed

namedrop namedropped

namedrop namedropper namedroppers

namedrop namedropping namedroppings

namedrop namedrops

nicknamed

nonnamed

renamed forenamed aforenamed

surnamed

unnamed