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Meaning of "to one's name" in the English dictionary

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to one's name


WHAT DOES TO ONE'S NAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of to one's name in the English dictionary

The definition of to one's name in the dictionary is belonging to one.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO ONE'S NAME

to learn the ropes · to leave sb to their own resources · to light the touch paper · to look like death warmed over · to make inroads into sth · to make no secret of your feelings · to make someone turn in his grave · to make the front page · to my knowledge · to one´s heart´s content · to open a can of whup ass over someone · to order · to overflowing · to pay cash on the barrelhead · to pay your last respects · to pay your respects to sb · to play favourites · to play for keeps · to play happy families · to play pass-the-parcel

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO ONE'S NAME

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

Synonyms and antonyms of to one's name in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to one's name» into 25 languages

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The translations of to one's 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 «to one's name» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

一个人的名字
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hacia el propio nombre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

to one´s name
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एक का नाम लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ل اسم واحد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

к своему имени
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

para o nome de alguém
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর নাম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

à son nom
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kepada nama seseorang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

, seinen Namen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

自分の名前に
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 이름으로
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo jeneng siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tên của một người
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு பெயர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या नावासह
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Birinin adına
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

al proprio nome
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

do własnej nazwy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

до свого імені
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

la numele cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο όνομα κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

om ´n mens se naam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till ens namn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til ens navn
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO ONE'S NAME»

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
not to have a penny to one's name see penny. take (someone's) name in vain see vain. their name is legion see legion. to one's name owned by one or in one's possession: He hasn't a penny to his name. worthy of the name that deserves to ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Japanese Legal System
Giri to one's name is the duty to keep one's reputation unspotted. It is a series of virtues— some of which seem to an Occidental to be opposites, but which to the Japanese have a sufficient unity because they are those duties which are not ...
Dean, 2002
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Privacy, Property and Personality: Civil Law Perspectives on ...
Personality rights II: the right to one's name (§72 BGB) Another aspect of personality protected by a specific personality right is a person's name. § 12 BGB77 provides: Whenever the right to the use of a name is disputed by another person or ...
Huw Beverley-Smith, Ansgar Ohly, Agnes Lucas-Schloetter, 2005
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
einen Namen haben to have s.th. to one's name nennen: ... to one's name Name: seinem (guten) Namen Ehre machen to make a name for o.s. with s.th. hervortreten: mit etw. hervortreten • hervortun: sich (mit etw.) hervortun to publish a ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
In to (one's) name, belonging to one: coll.: 1876 (Whyte-Melville: OED). E.g., 'not a penny to his name'.—3. In by the name of, having the name (of): from ca. 1670: S.E. till ca. 1830, then coll. and US. Thackeray, 1841, 'A grocer by the name of ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Cm to one's name is the duty to keep one's reputation unspotted. It is a series of virtues—some of which seem to an Occidental to be opposites, but which to the Japanese have a sufficient unity because they are those duties which are not ...
Ruth Benedict, 2006
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
And I guess the terms won 't be altogether to his liking. to one's name ne emer te, ne pronesi te □ David did not have a book to his name. □ Ed had only a suit to his name. to one's taste sipas shijes se □ The silence went on and on, broken ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Non-contractual Liability Arising Out of Damage Caused to ...
... under DUTCH law (denying this claim CFI Utrecht 4 December 1996, NedJur 1998, no. 43 p. 237). 70. In contrast to civil law jurisdictions, the COMMON LAW has not traditionally recognised rights of personality such as a right to one's name , ...
Christian von Bar, 2009
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Jacques Derrida
... as it identifies' (Llewelyn 1986, 71). The idiomatic is the commonplace. As I suggested in the opening pages ofthis book, to love one's name is to love what is not one's own (see AI 219); one is always a stranger to one's name (see AC 427).
Nicholas Royle, 2003
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
In addition to the idioms beginning with NAME, also see CALL NAMES; CLEAR ONE'S NAME; DROP NAMES; GIvE A BAD NAME TO; GO BY (THE NAME OF); HANDLE TO ONE's NAME; IN NAME ONLY; IN THE NAME OF; MAKE A NAME ...
Christine Ammer, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO ONE'S NAME»

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Topper's tips to suffix 'IAS' to one's name
Civil Services have craze and clamour. There is always a fascination for most people to go in a car with a beacon light atop, and the number of youngsters ... «The Hindu, May 13»
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