naming

“the part he failed was the naming of state capitals”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; acrophony
naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter; numeration
naming numbers; denotation, indication
the act of indicating or pointing out by name; specification
naming explicitly

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; nomination
the act of officially naming a candidate; co-optation, co-option
the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent); delegacy
the appointment of a delegate; ordinance, ordination
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; recognition
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; laying on of hands
laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination

Type of:: conclusion, decision, determination
the act of making up your mind about something

: denotative, denotive
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming

DEFINITIONS OF: naming