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I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.
Simon Rex

Meaning of "household name" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSEHOLD NAME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSEHOLD NAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Household name is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOUSEHOLD NAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Household name

Household name may refer to: ▪ a brand name that is very well known to the great majority of households, see brand awareness ▪ a person that is very well-known, see celebrity ▪ Household Name Records, British music label...

Definition of household name in the English dictionary

The definition of household name in the dictionary is a person or thing that is very well known.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSEHOLD NAME

household
household ammonia
household appliances
household arts
Household Cavalry
household chores
household gods
household goods
household insurance
household linen
household rubbish
household soap
household troops
household word
householder
householdership
househusband
housekeep
housekeeper
housekeeping

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSEHOLD NAME

assumed name
big name
brand name
code name
domain name
family name
file name
filename
first name
full name
given name
good name
know by name
last name
maiden name
middle name
pen name
place name
screen name
stage name
trade name

Synonyms and antonyms of household name in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «household name» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSEHOLD NAME

Find out the translation of household name to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of household name from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «household name» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

家喻户晓的名字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nombre familiar
570 millions of speakers

English

household name
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर का नाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسما مألوفا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

именем нарицательным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nome familiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিবারের নাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom de ménage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

nama isirumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bekannter Name
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おなじみの名前
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가계 이름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jeneng omah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tên hộ gia đình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டு பெயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरगुती नाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ev adı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nome di famiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nazwa rodziny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ім´ям прозивним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nume de uz casnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όνομα των νοικοκυριών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huishoudelike naam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

känt namn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjent navn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of household name

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEHOLD NAME»

The term «household name» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.380 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEHOLD NAME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «household name» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «household name» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about household name

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7 QUOTES WITH «HOUSEHOLD NAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word household name.
1
Kumar Mangalam Birla
One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which stands for tradition, is yet contemporary, stands for trust.
2
Brendan Coyle
Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.
3
Chanel Iman
My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.
4
Vinnie Jones
People say, 'I love 'Snatch,' I love 'Lock Stock,' but I want to be more than a movie name. I'd love to be more of a household name.
5
J. R. Moehringer
I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.
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Simon Rex
I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.
7
Ted Yoho
Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSEHOLD NAME»

Discover the use of household name in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to household name and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A-Z Maps: the personal story, from bedsitter to household name
A. to Z. Maps
Phyllis Pearsall, 1990
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About Jenga: The Remarkable Business of Creating a Game That ...
Leverages the world-wide popularity of the Jenga brand: The millions of readers who have played the game of Jenga will be drawn to this previously untold story of its creation and its creator, and business readers will want to know the ...
Leslie Scott, 2009
3
Nomads of Eastern Tibet: Social Organization and Economy of ...
The acquisition of its quasi-household name might have had something to do with its economic success in terms of wealth in herds. The four we have just mentioned represented the wealthiest families in Zilphukhog, and they were the only ...
Rinzin Thargyal, Toni Huber, 2007
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Evaluation and Research Program of the U.S. Censuses of ...
City State Rural City State Rural route route (If person is unknown, go to question 22, page 10) Name of head of household Name of head of household Wh't Wh't % Nels; I513 Nels; This address refers to: 1: Other (Specify) C] Other (Specify) - .
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Longe Magazine Issue # 1 -Business Fashion Entertainment How ...
veryone knows a household name when they see one. Having your product or service become a household name is not done overnight. It can years of dedication to your business as its reputation spreads. It also takes a lot of work to keep ...
Longe Magazine & Distribution
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Business Fashion Entertainment-
veryone knows a household name when they see one. toward your target audience is necessary. You can never Having your product or service become a household name is not done overnight. It can years of dedication to your business as ...
Longe Magazine & Distribution
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French-Canadian Sources: A Guide for Genealogists
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. Name of head of family; number of men; number of boys; number of women; number of girls; total persons; Protestant or Roman Catholic; English, Scots, Irish, American, German and other foreigners, and Acadians.
Patricia Keeney Geyh, Joyce Soltis Banachowski, Linda Boyea, 2002
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Quest for Harmony: The Moso Traditions of Sexual Union and ...
Each household affiliated with the sizi was identified by a household name and the personal name of the head, as is customary among the Moso. The Moso do not have surnames, or formally perpetuating family names. A person's name ...
Chuan-kang Shih, 2009
9
Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methods and Applications in ...
Classifying the Household Name-cards At the end of the exercise, a compilation of Household Name- cards bearing names of households with one, two, three or four, coloured stickers (signifying criteria for being poor) was generated.
Amitava Mukherjee, 2004
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Grover Park George on Access: Unleash the Power of Access
IfI have enforced referential integrity on the relationship between these tables, however, Access won't let me delete the superfluous household name because I have already attached an address to it. The foreign key in that record points to the  ...
George Hepworth, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSEHOLD NAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term household name is used in the context of the following news items.
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"Is there one invention from India that has become a household
“Is there one invention from India that has become a household name in the globe?”, Narayana Murthy asks. Team YS | July 16, 2015 at 8:30 ... «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
2
Ireland's least favourite cyclist fails drugs test | BreakingNews.ie
Francesco Reda may not be a household name but he has few fans on these shores. The Italian cyclist won the opening stage of this year's An ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jul 15»
3
Carfinance247 enjoys explosive growth - Manchester Evening News
... future, we are investing heavily in our marketing activities in a bid to make Carfinance247 number one in the market and a household name. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
4
The Wall Street IPO: the latest target of the culture of disruption …
Part of what made that Fitbit transaction work so well was the fact that the company had become a household name by the time it attempted to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Sports Direct to hand out a £37m staff bonus - fastFT: Market-moving …
Sports Direct, which owns household name brands including Slazenger and Dunlop, is lowering its target for adjusted earnings before interest, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
6
UCD ready to step up a grade for Slovan Bratislava test in Europa …
Dudelange, hardly a household name but with a couple of internationals in their ranks, had arrived in Dublin for the first leg believing it would ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Thomas Cook travel money bureau increase rate when challenged …
“She suddenly upped the rate and offered me about 50 euros more. You trust a household name like Thomas Cook to offer you their best deal ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
8
Anna Saunders: Poetry can change our lives | Gloucestershire Echo
He's rapidly becoming a household name and it seems poetry, if not the new rock and roll, can contend with contemporary music in terms of its ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
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Joan Smalss and Erika Smalls in Balmain Fall 2015 Sisters …
Sure, Erika Smalls might not be a household name like her top-model sister, but one look at this image and you get the sense that might soon ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
10
Don't mention Downton Abbey to Jessica Brown Findlay | TV …
Since becoming a household name on the hit ITV series, Jessica's gone on to land huge roles opposite the likes of Hollywood greats Russell ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Household name [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/household-name>. May 2024 ».
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