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named

/neɪmd/

named adjective: having a name. Also the simple past and past participle of name.

Adjective

named (not comparable)

  1. Having a name.
    • The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones.
    Antonyms:
    unnamed
  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.

Also used as

named is also the simple past and past participle of name.

named meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi

named in Tamil

பெயரிடப்பட்டது, பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டது, பெயரிட்ட

named in Telugu

పేరు పెట్టారు, పేరు పెట్టబడింది

named in Kannada

ಹೆಸರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಹೆಸರಿಡಲಾಗಿದೆ

named in Punjabi

ਨਾਮ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਨਾਮ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ
More languagesFewer languages
named in Gujarati
નામ આપ્યું
named in Indonesian
bernama

Synonyms of named

Antonyms

Words formed from named

Phrases with named

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Words that rhyme with named

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Questions about named

What does named mean?
Named means having a name.
What is named in Tamil?
Named in Tamil is பெயரிடப்பட்டது, பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டது, பெயரிட்ட. See Named meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is named?
Named is an adjective.
How do you pronounce named?
Named is pronounced /neɪmd/.

Words near named in the dictionary

  1. namecheck
  2. namechecked
  3. namechecking
  4. namechecks
  5. namechild
  6. named
  7. named after
  8. named and shamed
  9. named names
  10. named one's poison
  11. named parameter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: named (page history and authors); named (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); named (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); named (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); named (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); named (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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