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adj. iemand met een reputatie; beroemd; betreffende een naam--------n. naam; "nick"-: koosnaam; reclame; gewaardeerd iemand; titel--------v. benoemen, noemen; opnoemen; thuisbrengenname1[ neem] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉2 reputatie ⇒ naam, faam♦voorbeelden:1 enter/put down one's name for • zich opgeven/laten inschrijven voorcould you leave your name, please? • zou u uw naam willen opgeven?take someone's name in vain • iemands naam ijdel gebruikenwhat's-his/her/its-name? • hoe heet hij/zij/het ook al weer?, dingeswhat's in a name? • wat zegt een naam?he knows all his students by name • hij kent al zijn studenten bij naamI know him by name • ik ken hem van naama man by/of the name of Jones • iemand die Jones heet, een zekere Jonestake one's name off the books • zich laten uitschrijven (als lid)keep one's name on the books • ingeschreven blijven staanhe hasn't a penny to his name • hij heeft geen centI can't put a name to him • ik kan hem niet precies thuisbrengenI can't put a name to it • ik weet niet precies hoe ik het moet zeggenfirst name • voornaam〈 voornamelijk Brits-Engels〉 second name • familienaam, achternaamhe has a name for avarice • hij staat als gierig bekenddrag someone's name through the mire • iemands naam door het slijk halencall someone names • iemand uitschelden/beschimpena name to conjure with • een naam die wonderen verricht, een invloedrijke naamlend one's name to • zijn naam lenen aanin the name of • in (de) naam van, omwille van→ big big/————————name2〈 werkwoord〉1 noemen ⇒ benoemen, een naam geven♦voorbeelden:she was named after her mother, 〈 Amerikaans-Engels ook〉she was named for her mother • ze was naar haar moeder genoemd5 name the day • de trouwdag/huwelijksdatum vaststellen6 the victim has been named as John Smith • de naam van het slachtoffer is vrijgegeven; het is J.S.
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first name — n 1.) the name or names that come before your family name = ↑Christian name →↑surname, last name ↑last name ▪ Her first name s Helen, but I don t know her surname. 2.) be on first name terms (with sb) BrE be on a fir … Dictionary of contemporary English
first name — first ,name noun count * the name that comes before your family name: I don t know his first name. be on a first name basis with someone (=know them well enough to call them by their first name): She is on a first name basis with the boss … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
first name */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms first name : singular first name plural first names the name that comes before your family name I don t know his first name. be on first name terms with someone (= know them well enough to call them by their… … English dictionary
first name — noun (C) 1 the name or names that come before your family name: Her first name s Helen, but I don t know her surname. 2 be on first name terms (with sb) BrE, be on a first name basis AmE to know someone well enough to call them by their first… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
first name — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first name — first names N COUNT: usu poss N Your first name is the first of the names that were given to you when you were born. You can also refer to all of your names except your surname as your first names. Her first name was Mary. I don t know what her… … English dictionary
first name — In the English speaking world at the present time, first names are by far the most commonly used term of address. This was by no means always the case. Until the early part of the twentieth century men who had been friends or colleagues for a… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name / diminutive form — When speakers have agreed to use one another’s first names, there can still remain the question of which form of the name is to be used. ‘I wish to God you wouldn’t call me Wilson,’ says Edward Wilson to Louise Scobie in The Heart of the… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name, Miss — The younger daughters of a middle or upper class family are traditionally addressed in this way, ‘Miss’ + last name being the style used for the eldest daughter. But in general terms, ‘Miss’ + first name is used as a more respectful form of… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name, Master — Until recently this was a way of addressing politely a boy who was too young to be called ‘Mister’. In his autobiographical Goodbar to All That Robert Graves comments: The servants were trained to call us children, even when we were tiny,… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
First name, Mrs — There is a highly amusing scene in Fielding’s Tom Jones where Sophia Western’s chambermaid objects to being addressed as ‘Mrs Honour’ by the maid of Sophia’s aunt. ‘Mrs Honour, forsooth! sure, madam, you might call me by my surname; for though … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address