# named

Pronunciation: US say "NAYMD" /neɪmd/; UK

## Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of name. — simple past and past participle of name
   - Simple: Simple past tense and past participle of name. Use it for naming that already happened.
   - _The explorer named the river after his patron._
   - _She was named team captain before the season began._

## Adjective

2. Having a name.
   - Simple: Given a name, so that people know what to call it.
   - _Every named storm this season caused some damage along the coast._
   - _The contract protects all named parties equally._
3. An argument passed to a subroutine by its name in the calling code, rather than by its position.
   - Simple: An input value you give to a function by its name, not by its position in a list.
   - _Passing a named argument let her supply the values in any order she liked._
   - _The function signature made each named parameter's purpose obvious at the call site._

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