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RENAME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a new name to

Example:

Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rename" is one way to...):

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Name again or anew

Example:

He was renamed Minister of the Interior

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rename" is one way to...):

make; name; nominate (charge with a function; charge to be)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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