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true names

true names is the plural of true name.

Meaning of true name

Noun

true name (plural true names)

  1. The unique name of an entity, which can be used to control or manipulate that entity.
    • He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of each place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. For magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing.1968, Ursula Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea, page 59
  2. A person's preferred name, particularly where this does not match their legal name.
    • Near-synonym: chosen name

Questions about true names

What is true names the plural of?
True names is the plural of true name.

Words near true names in the dictionary

  1. true mahogany
  2. true melon
  3. true muonium
  4. true muoniums
  5. true name
  6. true names
  7. true neutral
  8. true north
  9. true or false
  10. true oxlip
  11. true oxlips

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