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named.

Having a name.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/neɪmd/
  1. Having a name.

    not-comparable
    The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones.
  2. An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.

    not-comparable
verb/neɪmd/
  1. simple past and past participle of name

    form-of · participle · past
    Her dog is named Lucky.
    My nephew is named after his maternal grandfather.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.