to know sb by name
1know someone by name — know (someone) by name 1 : to know a person well enough to know the person s name She knows all of her customers by name. I took her to a restaurant where the owner knows me by name. The police know him …
2know by name — know (someone) by name 1 : to know a person well enough to know the person s name She knows all of her customers by name. I took her to a restaurant where the owner knows me by name. The police know him …
3name — [nām] n. [ME < OE nama, akin to Ger name < IE base * (o)nomṇ > L nomen, Gr onoma, onyma] 1. a word or phrase by which a person, thing, or class of things is known, called, or spoken to or of; appellation; title 2. a word or words… …
4know — v. 1) (D; intr.) to know about, of (we knew about the incident) 2) (D; tr.) to know as (I knew her as a colleague) 3) (d; tr.) to know by (to know a poem by heart; to know smb. by name; I knew her by sight only) 4) (d; tr.) to know from ( to be… …
5name — 1 /neIm/ noun 1 (C) the word that someone or something is called or known by: What s the name of that river? | Her name is Mandy Wilson. | first name/Christian name: Her first name is Mandy. | last name/surname/family name: Her surname is Wilson …
6name — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nomen (see nomenclature); reputation, fame, repute. v. t. [en]title, call, designate, christen; appoint, nominate; style; mention, specify. See commission. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A title] Syn. proper… …
7know-all — noun someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others • Syn: ↑know it all • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑egotist, ↑egoist, ↑swellhead * * * n …
8name — I n. appellation 1) to adopt, assume; bear; use a name 2) to give smb. a name 3) to call smb. a (bad) name 4) to immortalize smb. s name 5) to invoke God s name 6) an assumed; Christian (esp. BE), first, given; code; dirty; family name, surname;… …
9name — namer, n. /naym/, n., v., named, naming, adj. n. 1. a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. 2. mere designation, as distinguished from fact:… …
10Name — For other uses, see Name (disambiguation). Ceremonies, such as baptism, can be used to give names. A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a …
