to rename
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2.3
- verb
- /ˌriːˈneɪm/
:
rebautizar
- Unique Film Productions also set up a Hong Kong branch, which was later renamed Nanyang Studio.
- to rename in honor
- to rename the party
- to rename the museum
Then maybe you'll quit trying to rename our podcast Rock Our Clock.
- Then maybe you'll quit trying to rename our podcast Rock Our Clock.
- Third of all, you can't rename someone else's baby.
- Then we read your book and we renamed ourselves The Breakdown Babes.
- And so we've renamed the events to Wealthcon.
- Sverdlovsk has since been renamed, given back its old name of Yekaterinburg.
- And so he, he then bought the Crown perfumery and renamed it Clive Christian, the Crown.
Examples
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In honor of your courageous actions, we are renaming this town Judy Moodyville!
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At this time, the department was renamed the Department of African and Amerindian Art.
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And yeah, I think we're going to rename this to something more appropriate.
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I'm going to rename the place.
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Most of them have been opened up and renamed as regular towns.
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Her work led to the Pioneer House being renamed the "Workers' Row House."
Academic text (2011) -
Sverdlovsk has since been renamed, given back its old name of Yekaterinburg.
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They renamed their town Strivington.
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Pollard has been granted Israeli citizenship, and a square in Jerusalem has been renamed in his honor.
Academic text (2011) -
The committee decided to rename the park in honor of the local hero.
Synonyms
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3.4
To give something a new name
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6.7
To give a new name to a person or thing often in a ceremony
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4.6
To give a new name to a work like a book or film
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6.7
Give something a new official name or status
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rename comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word name, so it means to 'name again' or to give someone or something a new name.