RENAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rename mean? 

• RENAME (verb)
  The verb RENAME has 2 senses:

1. assign a new name to

2. name again or anew

  Familiarity information: RENAME used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENAME (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rename    ... he / she / it renames   
Past simple: renamed   
Past participle: renamed   
-ing form: renaming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a new name to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990

Hypernyms (to "rename" is one way to...):

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Name again or anew

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He was renamed Minister of the Interior

Hypernyms (to "rename" is one way to...):

make; name; nominate (charge with a function; charge to be)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It was renamed pleiotrophin (PTN) to reflect its diverse activities.

(Pleiotrophin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

In September 2013, it was reactivated, renamed NEOWISE and assigned a new mission: to assist NASA's efforts to identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.

(Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft Delivers a Second Year of Data, NASA)