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1. namingnoun

   the verbal act of naming

   "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

   Antonyms:
   connotative

   Synonyms:
   appointment, assignment, designation

2. appointment, assignment, designation, namingadjective

   the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

   "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

   Antonyms:
   connotative

   Synonyms:
   duty assignment, appellation, appointment, date, appellative, assigning, designation, appointee, identification, assignment, grant, fitting, engagement, denomination

3. appellative, naming(a)adjective

   inclined to or serving for the giving of names

   "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"

   Antonyms:
   connotative

How to use naming in a sentence?

1. Dick Durbin:

   The administration position was defended by both of them in terms of what we had done naming 17 people who would suffer because we believed they were involved. But there was no satisfying answer about how it is possible that this could have occurred without the crown prince's knowledge or direction.

2. Carlos Magdalena:

   I have learnt so much in the process of officially naming this new species and it's been the biggest achievement of my 20-year career at Kew.

3. Seth Dillon:

   We were doing a satirical take on USA Today recently naming Rachel Levine, a transgender individual, as one of their picks for women of the year. So we did a satirical take on this, and we named Rachel Levine as our man of the year, twitter didn’t like that very much.

4. Dick Durbin:

   I'm not naming names, i'm just saying a few people have gone off the rails, and I'm disappointed, but we're going to continue to do our work.

5. James Clyburn:

   I think process is sort of in its final phase. I suspect that the president will hold to his timetable of naming someone before the end of the month. And probably address that candidate in his State of the Union address that we expect to get on March 1.

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