"naming" meaning in English

See naming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈneɪmɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} naming (not comparable)
  1. Giving a name to a person or thing. Tags: not-comparable Translations (giving a name): nomear (Galician)
    Sense id: en-naming-en-adj-1OT3NegS

Noun

IPA: /ˈneɪmɪŋ/ Forms: namings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} naming (plural namings)
  1. The process of giving names to things. Translations (process): nimeäminen (Finnish), névadás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-naming-en-noun-F30-0Vrp Disambiguation of 'process': 100 0
  2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced. Translations (ritual or ceremony): nimenanto (Finnish), névadás (Hungarian), 명명식 (myeongmyeongsik) (Korean), имянарече́ние (imjanarečénije) [neuter] (Russian), నామకరణము (nāmakaraṇamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-naming-en-noun-bMLu9JNV Disambiguation of 'ritual or ceremony': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dead-naming, naming collision, naming convention, naming rights, rapid automatized naming

Verb

IPA: /ˈneɪmɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} naming
  1. present participle and gerund of name Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: name
    Sense id: en-naming-en-verb-lcl1h5eL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 23 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 4 24 48

Inflected forms

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