put a name to en · VERB
Meanings
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To attribute a person's name to (their face, voice, photo, etc.).
“I can’t put a name to you—but I’m sure I’ve met you—I’ve met everybody, here, or in Paris or London. Aren’t you in diplomacy? […]”
1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 9, in The Age of Innocence, New York: D. Appleton, page 77:
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To name or identify (something).
“give your orders, you two gentlemen, and you’re welcome to whatever you put a name to.”
1853, Charles Dickens, chapter 33, in Bleak House, London: Chapman & Hall, page 367:It was a feeling so alien to his usual state of being that he was not able to put a name to it until that night, lying in bed and looking at the ceiling and replaying the day. Power.
1986, Stephen King, chapter 7, in It, New York: Viking, page 295:
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To identify the author of (a publication or other writing).
how unusual soever it is to put a Name to such small Papers
1697, Thomas Burnet, Second Remarks upon An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, page 30:1711, F. Manning, “Memorial to the Grisons” in The Present State of Europe, February 1711, Volume 12, p. 57, Libels which have been publish’d, but which no Body durst put a Name to
I had otherwise interpreted this phrase, had he put a name to his book
1658, Jeremiah Ives, Confidence Encountred, London, p. 11, footnote:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| put a name on | alternative | lexicographic | |
| puts a name to | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| put a name to | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put a name to | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| putting a name to | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
it associare un nome a (to attribute a person's name to) · da sætte ansigt på (to attribute a person's name to) · da Danish: sætte navn på (to attribute a person's name to)