The meaning of Epithet

noun

An anonymous person or publication.

Usage examples:

As oguibe notes, these artists challenge ‘the colonial desire for the faceless native, the anonym,’…

noun

A name or title.

Usage examples:

The city fully justifies its appellation ‘the pearl of the orient’

noun

An appellation contrôlée.

Usage examples:

About 20 per cent of french wines with an appellation come from alsace

noun

A nickname, especially one given to distinguish a person from others with the same given name.

Usage examples:

Surnames started off as bynames to distinguish two persons in the same locality

noun

The creation or construction of a fictional character.

Usage examples:

He preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict

noun

An extra personal name given to an ancient roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example marcus tullius cicero.

noun

A recognized autonomous branch of the christian church.

Usage examples:

The presbyterian community is the second largest denomination in the country

noun

A religious group whose beliefs differ in some ways from other groups in the same religion

Usage examples:

The petition was signed by clergy from over 20 protestant denominations., the machines take coins o…

noun

A unit of value stated on a coin, bank note, etc.

Usage examples:

High/large denomination notes, small/low denomination coins

noun

A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event.

Usage examples:

People who had seen him were able to give a description

noun

A statement or a piece of writing that tells what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

[ c ] your description of della was hilarious., [ u ] boats of every description (= of all types) e…

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

Usage examples:

A leader's designation of his own successor

noun

The act of choosing someone or something for a special job, or stating that something has a particular character or purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] associate professor is her official designation (= title).

noun

An official title or name

Usage examples:

What's her official designation now she's been promoted?, the area qualifies for designation as a s…

verb

Feel or manipulate with the hands.

Usage examples:

Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle

noun

The part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.

Usage examples:

A holdall with two carrying handles

verb

Touch, lift, or hold

noun

The action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.

Usage examples:

Each child was tagged with a number for identification

noun

The ability to name or recognize someone or something

Usage examples:

Identification of the victims of the plane crash still is not complete., we were asked to show iden…

noun

An official card or document with your name and photograph or other information on it, used for proving who you are

Usage examples:

Provide/show identification to open a new account, the bank will require you to show four pieces of…

noun

A small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it.

Usage examples:

The alcohol content is clearly stated on the label

verb

Another term for dripstone.

noun

A piece of paper or other material that gives information about the object it is attached to

Usage examples:

The address/mailing label, follow the instructions on the label., everything we produce goes out un…

noun

A name.

Usage examples:

His real moniker is dave kennedy

noun

A name or nickname (= informal name)

noun

A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.

Usage examples:

My name is john parsons

verb

Give a name to.

Usage examples:

Hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named

adjective

(of a person or product) having a well-known name.

Usage examples:

Specialized name brands geared to niche markets

noun

A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.

Usage examples:

Mallender's fair complexion gave rise to his nickname ‘ghost’

verb

Give a nickname to.

Usage examples:

An area nicknamed sniper's alley

noun

A person's nickname.

Usage examples:

She was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘duchesse’

noun

A name given to someone or something that is not their or its real or official name

Usage examples:

These charms have earned the television show's host the sobriquet "the thinking woman's heartthrob".

noun

A label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information.

Usage examples:

He gave his pet a collar with a metal name tag

verb

Attach a label to.

Usage examples:

Mothers suspected that their babies had been wrongly tagged during an alarm at the hospital

verb

Touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.

Usage examples:

Freeze tag is a game where one person is selected to chase and tag the others.

noun

The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work.

Usage examples:

The author and title of the book

verb

Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work).

Usage examples:

A report titled the lost land