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named

  • adjective
  • /neɪmd/

An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.

Related words

  • beforenamed
  • forenamed
  • namedness
  • nonnamed
  • undernamed
  • named person
  • named parameter
  • named pipe

Example sentences

  • “I'm named after my late grandmother.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “named” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.