verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
"sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
plural of name
"The teacher asked every student to write their names on the attendance sheet before class began."
In plain English: Names are the specific words people use to identify themselves or others.
"The teacher asked everyone to write their names on the attendance sheet."
Usage: Use "names" to refer to two or more specific titles or identifiers given to people, places, or things. It functions as the standard plural form when discussing multiple distinct identities rather than a single collective group.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of name
"She names her new puppy after her grandmother."
In plain English: To name something is to give it a specific word or title so people know what to call it.
"The teacher asked us to write our names on the attendance sheet."
Usage: Use "names" to describe the act of giving someone or something a specific title or designation in the third person singular. For example, you might say that a teacher names a student captain of the team.
Derived from Old English nama, this plural form originally referred to spoken words used as designations or titles for people and things. It stems ultimately from Proto-Germanic namōn, which carried the meaning of calling out or invoking a specific identity.