What is the meaning of naming?

noun

• The verbal act of naming.
  • usage: "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"
• The act of putting a person into a non-elective position.
  • usage: "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
  • synonyms: appointment, assignment, designation

verb

• Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.
  • usage: "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
  • synonyms: name, call
• Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.
  • usage: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
  • synonyms: name, identify
• Charge with a function; charge to be.
  • usage: "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
  • synonyms: name, nominate, make
• Create and charge with a task or function.
  • usage: "nominate a committee"
  • synonyms: appoint, name, nominate, constitute
• Mention and identify by name.
  • usage: "name your accomplices"
  • synonyms: name
• Make reference to.
  • usage: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  • synonyms: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
• Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
  • synonyms: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
• Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.
  • usage: "List the states west of the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: list, name
• Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
  • synonyms: diagnose, name

adjective

• Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
  • usage: "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
  • synonyms: appellative