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Meaning of NAMING

Pronunciation:  n'eyming

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
  2. [n]  the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"
 
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 Synonyms: appointment, assignment, designation
 
 See Also: acrophony, conclusion, co-optation, co-option, decision, delegacy, denotation, determination, indication, nomination, numeration, ordinance, ordination, specification, speech act

 

 

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 Related Terms: appellation, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, characterization, christening, connotative, definition, demonstrative, denomination, denominative, denotation, denotative, designation, designative, diagnostic, differentiation, disclosure, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expression, expressive, figural, figurative, fingering, hint, identification, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indication, indicative, indicativeness, indicatory, individual, manifestation, meaning, meaningful, metaphorical, nicknaming, nomination, ordainment, ordination, pathognomonic, peculiar, picking out, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, posting, proposal, representative, selection, semantic, semiotic, show, showing, signalizing, significant, signification, significative, signifying, specification, styling, suggestion, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomaticness, symptomatologic, tabbing, terming, transferral, typical
 

 

 

 

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