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name | letter |

As a pronoun name

is what?.

As a noun letter is

a letter (character).

name

English

Noun

(wikipedia name) (en noun)
  • Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  • * Bible, Genesis ii. 19
    • Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.
  • * 1904 , , (The Marvelous Land of Oz) :
    • So good a man as this must surely have a name .
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-s-langston Lee S. Langston], magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/the-adaptable-gas-turbine The Adaptable Gas Turbine] , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
  • Reputation.
  • * 1604 , (William Shakespeare), :
    • Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[http://www.bartleby.com/100/138.34.42.html]
  • * 1952 , (Old Testament), Revised Standard Version , Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:
    • And David won a name for himself.[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]
  • A person (or legal person).
  • * Dryden
    • They list with women each degenerate name .
  • * second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place , ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names]:
    • Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall,.
  • * 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management , ISBN 0074620975 page 79 [http://books.google.com/books?id=-IaKYHY0sogC&pg=PA79&dq=names]:
    • Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?
  • * 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability , ISBN 0203891058, page 29 [http://books.google.com/books?id=bM6MPBIFwkQC&pg=PA29&dq=names]:
    • International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and.
  • Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  • * Macaulay
    • The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name , came every day to pay their feigned civilities.
  • (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  • An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

    • Synonyms

    * proper name * See also

    Derived terms

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    Verb

    (nam)
  • To give a name to.
  • * 1904:' , ''The Land of Oz'' — I will ' name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
  • *
    • , title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5535161W Mr. Pratt's Patients], chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}
  • To mention, specify.
  • To identify as relevant or important
  • To publicly implicate.
  • To designate for a role.

    • Derived terms

    * codename * misname * name after * name names * you name it

    See also

    * christen * cognomen * epithet * moniker * nom de guerre * nom de plume * pseudonym * sobriquet

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    Anagrams

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    letter

    English

    (wikipedia letter)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) letter, lettre, from (etyl) letre, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A symbol in an alphabet.
  • * Bible, (w) xxiii. 38
    • And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
  • A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
  • * (1662-1708)
    • The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • Literal meaning.
  • * (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
    • We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
  • * (1809-1892)
    • I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
  • * 2009 , 23 February, BBC, Euro MP expenses 'can reach £1m'
    • Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
  • (plural) Literature.
  • A size of paper, 8½ in]] × 11 in (215.9 [[millimetre, mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
  • A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
  • A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
    • Under these buildingswas the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "letter")
    Synonyms
    * bookstave
    Hyponyms
    * epistle * missive
    Derived terms
    * accountant's letter * advisory letter * air letter * black letter * capital letter * chain letter * comfort letter * commercial letter of credit * cover letter * covering letter * crank letter * day letter * dead letter office * Dear John letter * deficiency letter * domincal letter * drop letter * encyclical letter * fan letter * form letter * four-letter/four-letter word * French letter * guarantee letter * investment letter * irrevocable letter of credit * letter blindness * letter bomb * letter bond * letter box * letter carrier * letter case * letter missive * letter of administration * letter of attorney * letter of comfort * letter of comment * letter of credence * letter of credit * letter of guarantee * letter of indemnity * letter of intent * Letter of Jeremiah * letter of marque * letter of motivation * letter of the law * letter opener * letter paper * letter perfect/letter-perfect * letter-quality * letter security * letter stock * letter telegram * letterform * letterhead * letterman * letterure * love letter * market letter * news letter/news-letter/newsletter * night letter * no-action letter * open letter * night letter * poison-pen letter * red letter * scarlet letter * sea letter * small letter * swash letter * to the letter * transmittal letter * varsity letter
    Related terms
    * literacy * literal * literary * literate * literature

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  • (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lets, or lets out.
    • the letter of a room
    a blood-letter
  • (archaic) One who retards or hinders.

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