name betydelse and definition

Betydelse av name på svenska

• 0 the word or words that a person, thing, or place is known by:

  • "Hi, what's your name?" "My name's Diane."

  • Please write your full (= complete) name and address on the form.

  • What's the name of that mountain in the distance?

  • We finally agreed on the name Luca for our son.

  • The students were listed by name and by country of origin.

  • She went to court to clear her name (= prove that the bad things said about her were not true).

  • The fans' actions gave our team a bad name in the youth league at that time.

  • They're trying to restore the good name of the manufacturer.

  • It seemed like all the big names in football were there.

  • I need to talk to a professor by the name of Bin Said.

  • In the business world he goes by the name of J. Walter Fortune.

  • I'm here to pick up my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin.

  • The house is in my wife's name.

• 1 to give someone or something a name:

  • [ + two objects ] We named our dogs Shandy and Belle.

  • A man named Dennis answered the door.

  • In the first question you had to name three types of monkey.

  • He couldn't name his attacker.

• 2 to choose someone or something:

  • Just name the time and I'll be there.

  • Name your conditions/terms/price.

  • Ms Martinez has been named (as) the new Democratic candidate.

• 3 a word or words that a person or thing is known by:

  • Hello, my name is Beth.

  • Do you remember the name of that town we visited in Maine?

  • I’m looking for someone by the name of (= who has the name) Stephen Weinberg.

  • She had made a name for herself as an architect by the time she was thirty.

  • He’s a big name in the field of fashion.

  • They wanted a name band for the wedding.

• 4 to give a name to someone or something:

  • They decided to name their first child Benjamin.

  • The president has yet to name a new ambassador to Russia.

• 5 a well-known and successful company, person, or product:

  • a big/famous name Some big names in the technology sector were hardest hit.

• 6 the reputation of a company, person, or product:

  • good/bad name It is hard to put a value on a firm's good name.

• 7 to become famous by achieving something:

  • He had already made his name on Wall Street in the early 90s with his high-risk investment strategies.

• 8 an investor who makes large sums of their own money available to the insurance group Lloyds so that it can provide insurance for organizations or industries that have large risks