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to name after
[phrase form: name]
01
to give someone or something a name in honor or in memory of another person or thing
Ditransitive: to name after sb/sth sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
separable
particle
after
base verb
name
present tense
name after
3rd person singular
names after
present participle
naming after
past simple
named after
past participle
named after
Examples
They decided to name their daughter after her grandmother.
