Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

named

/neɪmd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: named
IPA: /neɪmd/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.

verb

simple past and past participle of name

Example Sentences

"The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones."
"Near-synonym: called (verb)"
"Her dog is named Lucky."
"My nephew is named after his maternal grandfather."

Derived Forms

beforenamed forenamed namedness nonnamed undernamed

Phrases

named parameter named person named pipe

Frequently Paired Words

called

Synonyms

called

Antonyms

unnamed

Rhymes With

claimed aimed ashamed framed blamed proclaimed acclaimed famed unnamed renamed reclaimed shamed

Questions

How do you pronounce named?: The recorded pronunciation is /neɪmd/.
What does named mean?: Having a name.

How to pronounce named

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