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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of name form-of, participle, past

   "Near-synonym: called (verb)"

Adjective

1. 1
   Having a name. not-comparable

   "The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones."

2. 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

Synonyms

All synonyms

acceptedadoptedaforementionedaforenamedaforesaidappointed

Antonyms

All antonyms

unnamed

Example

More examples

"We named my son after my grandfather."

Related phrases

named parameternamed personnamed pipe

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