rename

[US]/ˌri:ˈneɪm/
[UK]/ˌri'nem/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. give a new name to; change the name of.

Example Sentences

after independence Celebes was renamed Sulawesi.

In 1929 the Party representatives in the Red Army were renamed political commissars.

Asahara's group has renamed itself "Aleph," and says it has renounced violence.

The life assurer is also moving to rename its operations in South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia, which currently use the AIG monicker.

Also known as the Skene's glands or the paraurethral glands, in 2001 the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology officially renamed these structures the "female prostate".

It is believed to be a hadrosaur, although the Missouri remains were first thought to belong to a small sauropod ("Neosaurus", renamed Parrosaurus).

Preview: After you made up the FileList and the RuleList, you may want to preview the result to see whether it meet your goal before you decide to rename them.

Real-world Examples

Go to refactor and rename, and rename this to maximum.

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And a California Middle School was recently renamed in her honor.

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Kevin Erickson owns a 1972 Plymouth Satellite that he renamed " Electrollite" after conversion.

Source: VOA Special December 2022 Collection

He's also angry about plans to rename military installations that commemorate Confederate leaders.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2020

I'm going to rename this guy " minor planet."

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Dozens of airports across Russia have been renamed to commemorate former tsars and other famous figures.

Source: BBC Listening June 2019 Compilation

Iniko, alas, need not be renamed.

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The combined businesses were renamed Paypal in 2001.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

We need to rename the building.

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So rename factoring works great for methods like this.

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