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naming

/ˈneɪmɪŋ/

naming noun: the process of giving names to things. Also the present participle and gerund of name.

Noun

naming (plural namings)

  1. The process of giving names to things.
  2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.

Adjective

naming (not comparable)

  1. Giving a name to a person or thing.

Also used as

naming is also the present participle and gerund of name.

naming meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

naming in Hindi

नामकरण

naming in Tamil

பெயர் சூட்டுதல், பெயரிடுதல், பெயரிடுவது

naming in Telugu

ritual or ceremony
నామకరణము nāmakaraṇamu

naming in Kannada

ಹೆಸರಿಸುವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
naming in Punjabi
ਨਾਮਕਰਨ
naming in Gujarati
નામકરણ

Forms of naming

pluralnamings

Words formed from naming

Phrases with naming

Words that rhyme with naming

Questions about naming

What does naming mean?
Naming means the process of giving names to things.
What is naming in Hindi?
Naming in Hindi is नामकरण. See Naming meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is naming?
Naming can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce naming?
Naming is pronounced /ˈneɪmɪŋ/.
What is the plural of naming?
The plural of naming is namings.

Words near naming in the dictionary

  1. namierizes
  2. namierizing
  3. Namiki
  4. Namiko
  5. namilumab
  6. naming
  7. naming after
  8. naming and shaming
  9. naming collision
  10. naming collisions
  11. naming convention

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naming (page history and authors); naming (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); naming (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); naming (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); naming (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); naming (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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