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rename

(riːˈneɪm)

vb (tr)

to change the name of (someone or something)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rename

Past participle: renamed
Gerund: renaming

Imperative
rename
rename

Present
I rename
you rename
he/she/it renames
we rename
you rename
they rename

Preterite
I renamed
you renamed
he/she/it renamed
we renamed
you renamed
they renamed

Present Continuous
I am renaming
you are renaming
he/she/it is renaming
we are renaming
you are renaming
they are renaming

Present Perfect
I have renamed
you have renamed
he/she/it has renamed
we have renamed
you have renamed
they have renamed

Past Continuous
I was renaming
you were renaming
he/she/it was renaming
we were renaming
you were renaming
they were renaming

Past Perfect
I had renamed
you had renamed
he/she/it had renamed
we had renamed
you had renamed
they had renamed

Future
I will rename
you will rename
he/she/it will rename
we will rename
you will rename
they will rename

Future Perfect
I will have renamed
you will have renamed
he/she/it will have renamed
we will have renamed
you will have renamed
they will have renamed

Future Continuous
I will be renaming
you will be renaming
he/she/it will be renaming
we will be renaming
you will be renaming
they will be renaming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been renaming
you have been renaming
he/she/it has been renaming
we have been renaming
you have been renaming
they have been renaming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been renaming
you will have been renaming
he/she/it will have been renaming
we will have been renaming
you will have been renaming
they will have been renaming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been renaming
you had been renaming
he/she/it had been renaming
we had been renaming
you had been renaming
they had been renaming

Conditional
I would rename
you would rename
he/she/it would rename
we would rename
you would rename
they would rename

Past Conditional
I would have renamed
you would have renamed
he/she/it would have renamed
we would have renamed
you would have renamed
they would have renamed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Verb	1.	rename - assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
	2.	rename - name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" name, nominate, make - charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

Translations

umbenennen

renommer

cambiare il nome ribattezzare

rename

[ˈriːˈneɪm] VT → poner nuevo nombre a
they have renamed it "Mon Repos" → le han puesto el nuevo nombre de "Mon Repos"

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rename

[ˌriːˈneɪm] vt [+ person, town, building, company, organization] → rebaptiser; [+ computer file] → renommer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rename

vt → umbenennen (also Comput), → umtaufen; Leningrad was renamed St Petersburg → Leningrad wurde in St. Petersburg umbenannt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rename

[ˌriːˈneɪm] vt → ribattezzare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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