English vs Name - What's the difference?

english | name |

As a noun english

is (us) spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

As a pronoun name is

what?.

english

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or pertaining to England or its people.

English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.

Of or pertaining to an Englishman or Englishwoman.

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Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.

(Amish) Non-Amish.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

(collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.

The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.

The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.

English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

(Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish.

(surname)

Usage notes

* The name of the language, English , when it means "the English language", does not assume an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!" * The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."

Noun

(en-noun)

One's ability to employ the English language correctly.

My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.

The English-language term or expression for something.

How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English ?

Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.

The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.

(countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.

(printing, dated) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer.

(North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.

Put more English on the ball.

Verb

(es)

(archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.

*, page 214 (2001 reprint):

*:severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.

Derived terms

* African American Vernacular English * American English * Australian English * BBC English * British English * Canadian English * Commonwealth English * Early Modern English * Elizabethan English * English Bluebell * English Channel * English basement * English bond * English breakfast * English breakfast tea * English flute * English garden * English horn * English Latin * English mile * English muffin * English pale * English pea * English pease * English plantain * English plus * English rhubarb * English saddle * English sonnet * English sparrow * English studies * English vice * English walnut * English wheat * Englishman * Englishmen * Englishness * Englishwoman * Englishwomen * Estuary English * full English * full English breakfast * gone English * Hiberno-English * Indian English * King's English * Korean English * Medieval English * Middle English * Modern English * Multicultural London English * Newfoundland English * New Zealand English * Old English * Old English Sheepdog * Queen's English * Scottish English * South African English * Standard English * White English Bulldog * do you speak English?

Quotations

* (English Citations of "English")

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* (l) English autological terms

name

English

Noun

(wikipedia name) (en noun)

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

* Bible, Genesis ii. 19

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

* Shakespeare

That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.

* 1904 , , (The Marvelous Land of Oz) :

So good a man as this must surely have a name .

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-s-langston Lee S. Langston], magazine=(American Scientist)

, title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/the-adaptable-gas-turbine The Adaptable Gas Turbine] , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

Reputation.

* 1604 , (William Shakespeare), :

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[http://www.bartleby.com/100/138.34.42.html]

* 1952 , (Old Testament), Revised Standard Version , Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:

And David won a name for himself.[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]

A person (or legal person).

* Dryden

They list with women each degenerate name .

* second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place , ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names]:

Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall,.

* 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management , ISBN 0074620975 page 79 [http://books.google.com/books?id=-IaKYHY0sogC&pg=PA79&dq=names]:

Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?

* 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability , ISBN 0203891058, page 29 [http://books.google.com/books?id=bM6MPBIFwkQC&pg=PA29&dq=names]:

International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and.

Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

* Macaulay

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name , came every day to pay their feigned civilities.

(computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.

An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

Synonyms

* proper name * See also

Derived terms

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Verb

(nam)
To give a name to.

* 1904:' , ''The Land of Oz'' — I will ' name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'

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To mention, specify.

To identify as relevant or important

To publicly implicate.

To designate for a role.