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renaming

renaming is the present participle and gerund of rename.

renaming is the verbal noun of rename.

Meaning of rename

Verb

rename (third-person singular simple present renames, present participle renaming, simple past and past participle renamed)

  1. (transitive) To give a new name to.
    • However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris.1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618

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Forms of renaming

pluralrenamings

Questions about renaming

What is renaming the present participle and gerund of?
Renaming is the present participle and gerund of rename.

Words near renaming in the dictionary

  1. renameable
  2. renamed
  3. renamer
  4. renamers
  5. renames
  6. renaming
  7. renamings
  8. Renanian
  9. renanolone
  10. renanthera
  11. renantheras

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