put a name to

Verb

Meaning

put a name to (third-person singular simple present puts a name to, present participle putting a name to, simple past and past participle put a name to)

To attribute a person's name to (their face, voice, photo, etc.).

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Synonyms

recollect pin down

Examples

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level. John le Carré

Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. Jodi Picoult

Fortunately some spirit or other - I do not presume to put a name to it - ensured that I should remember my smallness in the scheme of things. William Golding

Close letter words and terms

put a lot of effort put a match to put a nail in one's coffin put a name to a face put a pin in put a point on