English verb: rename | |||
1. | rename (communication) assign a new name to | ||
Samples | Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | call, name | ||
2. | rename (social) name again or anew | ||
Samples | He was renamed Minister of the Interior. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | make, name, nominate | ||