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Name of People

Vocabulary List Number 389 v.1.1 with 64 entries made up of 5 chapters with 21 definitions, 5 synonyms and 38 examples. Published on Jan 1, 2025. Latest update Dec 19, 2025.

1. Main Definitions

name|n| a language unit by which a person or thing is known. (From Vocabulary.com Dictionary . Nov 26, 2025.
name|n| a language unit by which a person or thing is known. (From Vocabulary.com Dictionary . Nov 26, 2025.)
"His name really is George Washington.” (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26, 2025.)
“Those are two names for the same thing.” (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26, 2025.)
"In the business world he goes by the name of J. Walter Fortune." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"I'm here to pick up my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Please would you check in at the reception desk and sign your name in the book." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"I can't think of her name - it'll come back to me later." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"What's the file name?" (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"She slapped him and called him names, but he didn't react." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)

2. Kind of Names

first name / forename / given name |n| the name that precedes the surname. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26,
2025.)
"We only knew him as Mr Fletcher - he never told us his first name." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"My father and I both have the same first name, John, although he is usually known by his nickname, Jack." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"It can be rude to call people by their first name if they are much older or more important than you." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Staff and pupils at the school were on first-name terms. (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"It can be rude to call people by their first name if they are much older or more important than you." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Staff and pupils at the school were on first-name terms. (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
middle name 1 |n| a name between your first name and your surname. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
"President John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald." (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Kimberly Lee Kessler -- kind of a silly middle name, isn't it? (From ABC News, 29 Nov. 2025.)
"Blakely Rae Roberts, who shares her middle name with her great-grandmother, GG, and sees her most days, loves playing doctor at home." (From Seth Carnell, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025.)
"Here are all the details on his Spanish first name and cute vintage middle name." (From Sarah Scott, Parents. 29 Nov. 2025.)
"In the videos, Álvarez, 39, hardly looks the part of an insurgent fighter who went by the nickname Alex, short for her middle name Alexandra." (From Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald. 29 Nov. 2025.)
middle name 2 |n| a term that is particularly apt to denote a person's qualities or affinities. (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Patience is her middle name." (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
nick / nickname|n|a name given to someone, especially by their friends or family, that is not their real name and is often connected with what they look like or something they have done. (From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Dec 19, 2025)
"We had nicknames for all the teachers.
Stephen earned himself the nickname Hawkeye." (From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Dec 19, 2025)
"She was nicknamed Sunny because of her happy nature." (From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Dec 19, 2025)
"A nickname can mark just one incident in the life of the person concerned." (From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Dec 19, 2025)
"At school, her nickname was Carrots because of her red hair." (From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Dec 19, 2025)
tittle 1 |n| official or honorary designations like Mr., Mrs., Dr., or Lord. (From Collins Dictionary. Dec 19, 2025)
tittle 2|n| a person holding a title especially of nobility. (From Merriam Webster. Dec 19, 2025)

3. More about Name

alias 1 / assumed name / false name|n| used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
alias 2 |n| your alias could be as important as the name you use when you’re on the run or as simple as your screen name on a social networking site. Either way, an alias is a temporary name, one you don’t use all the time or for every occasion. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
"Eric Blair, alias George Orwell." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
"That Holmes would use an alias seemed beyond doubt, so Geyer brought along his photographs, even a depiction of the children’s distinctive “flat-top” trunk." (From The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Nov. 30, 2025.)
“It’s taken time, I swear. I went through this whole emo phase in middle school where I played with the alias ‘Rick." (From When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. Nov 30, 2025.)
"When Holmes met Minnie, he was traveling on business under the alias Henry Gordon and found himself invited to a gathering at the home of one of Boston’s leading families." (From The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Nov. 30, 2025.)
"It said a good criminal chooses a alias that’s kind of close to their own name." (From Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Nov. 30, 2025.)
alias 3 |adv| alias can also be used as an adverb to mean "also known as".
"Your parents might be less than thrilled when you introduce your new boyfriend, "John Smith, alias Lock-Jaw Johnnie, wanted in 39 states." (From Vocabulary.com Dictionary . Nov 26, 2025.)
birth name|n| the surname given a person at birth.
false name |n| a name that has been assumed temporarily. (Fom Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
misnomer 1 |n| a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation. (From Collins Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
misnomer 2 |n| an error in naming a person or thing. (From Collins Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
nickname / nick |n|a descriptive name for a place or thing. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
pseudonym |n| a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
"I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
surname |n| a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a forename or given name. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
"He changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025)
"As with Daria, the Journal agreed to withhold her surname." (From Thomas Grove, WSJ. 29 Nov 2025.)
"Still, that’s gotta be a good sign on our nerd-quest that the lone Tiger with a 3.14 ERA with the franchise that shares his surname, right?" (From Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press. 14 Mar. 2025.)
"In Spain, 20% percent of people in the country have one of the 10 most common surnames." (Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News. 29 Nov 2025)

4. Terms Related to the Wife's Name

née |adj| (meaning literally born) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
“Mrs Parker, née Carter.”
maiden name |n| a woman’s family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name.

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Flavors

Vocabulary List Number 388 v.1.0 with 37 elements integrated in 4 chapters with 16 definitions, 2 synonyms, 22 examples and 5 visual vocabulary posters.

Main Definitions

flavor |US| / flavour 1 |UK| |n| the distinctive taste of a food or drink. (From Oxford Languages. Dec 25, 2024)"The yoghurt comes in eight fruit flavours." (From Oxford Languages. Dec 25, 2024)
flavor |US| / flavour 2 |UK| |n| the particular way a substance, esp. food or drink, is recognized from its taste and smell. (From Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Dec 27, 2024)
"We sell 32 different flavors of ice cream." (From Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Dec 27, 2024)
"This soup doesn’t have much flavor." (From Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Dec 27, 2024)
"This brief description should give you a flavor of what the book is like (= show you the character of the book)." (Grom Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Dec 27, 2024)
"The tallboy-style cans offer tonic flavors like lemon lavender and orange cardamom, which are tastier than your run-of-the-mill seltzer." (From Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024)
"The building is preceded by a classic porch of flavor." (From inglés.com. Dec. 31, 2024)
Excellent flavor and a crunchy texture that fascinates the palate. (From inglés.com. Dec. 31, 2024)
Coffee with intense aroma and flavor is not too strong. (From inglés.com. Dec. 31, 2024)
taste 1 |n| the sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue. (From American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Dec 28, 2024)
taste 2 |n| this sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth. (From American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Dec 28, 2024)
taste 3 |n| the sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth. (From American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Dec 28, 2024).
"Its delicate taste goes well with almost all the ingredients." (From inglés.com. Dec. 31, 2024)

Types of Flavors

sweet 1 / sugary / sweetened / cloying / honeyed [poetic] |adj| food and drink contains a lot of sugar. (From Collins Dictionary. Dec 7, 2025)
sweet 2 |n| being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is usually pleasing to the taste and typically induced by sugars (as sucrose or glucose) (From Merriam Webster. Dec 7, 2025)
"On a recent afternoon, following a class on sweet breads, Yessenia walks to a grocery store to pick up food for dinner." (Sophie Carson, jsonline.com) (Dec 7, 2025)
"A mug of sweet tea." (From Collins Dictionary. Dec 7, 2025)
"If the sauce seems too sweet, add a dash of vinegar." (From Collins Dictionary. Dec 7, 2025)
"The sweet taste of wild strawberries." (From Collins Dictionary. Dec 7, 2025)

More Related to Flavors

scent |n| a pleasant natural smell. (From Cambridge Dictionary. Dec 31, 2024)
"The scent of roses." (From Cambridge Dictionary. Dec 31, 2024)
sabory |adj| pleasing to the taste: savory. (From Merrian Webster Dictionary. Dec 29, 2024)
tasty 1 |adj| having a marked and appetizing flavor. (From Merrian Webster Dictionary. Dec 28, 2024)
tasty 2 |adj| having a pleasing flavor; savory. (From The Free Dictionary. Dec 28, 2024)
tasty 3 |adj| pleasing to the taste or smell. (From Merrian Webster Dictionary. Dec 29, 2024)
"A selection of tasty doughnuts from the corner bakery." (From Merrian Webster Dictionary. Dec 29, 2024)
"A tart and tasty pie." (From Merrian Webster Dictionary. Dec 29, 2024)
"The dish is basically really tasty vegetables with tender and flavorful stewed chicken." (From Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024)
"UPFs like Twinkies and Oreos are unhealthy because they’ve been processed in a way that strips important nutrients and adds super tasty, health-damaging components like sugar — things that are well-established in nutrition science, without reference to the concept of ultra-processing." (From Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 19 Dec. 2024.)
"Dogs can preoccupy themselves with the toys and the tasty treats inside, leaving their owner free to do other things." (From Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024.)
tasteless / insipid |adj| lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. (From The Free Dictionary.com. Dec. 31, 2024.)
"Insipid soup". (From The Free Dictionary.com. Jan. 8, 2025.)
"Insipid hospital food." (From The Free Dictionary.com. Dec. 31, 2024.)
"Flavorless supermarket tomatoes." (From The Free Dictionary.com. Dec. 31, 2024.)

Flavorings

spice |n| in the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance in a form
primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Spices and seasoning do not mean the same thing, but spices fall under the seasoning category with herbs. (From Wikipedia. Dec 31, 2024)
"Adding lemon flavoring or other spices may also help as long as you do not have sore spots in your mouth." (From Linguee. Dec 31, 2024)
sweetener |n| a substance added to food or drink to impart the flavor of sweetness, either because it contains a type of sugar, or because it contains a sweet-tasting sugar substitute. Various natural non-sugar sweeteners and artificial sweeteners are used to produce food and drink. (From Wikipedia. Dec 31, 2024)

The Look of Food

appetizing 1 |adj| it looks like it will taste good. (From Speak Confident English. Dec 2, 2025)
appetizing 2 |adj| appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory. (From Dictionary.com. Dec 3, 2025)
"That dessert looks so appetizing." (From Speak Confident English. Dec 2, 2025)
beautifully plated – carefully and attractively arranged. (From Speak Confident English. Dec 7, 2025)
colorful – a mix of vibrant, fresh colors. (From Speak Confident English. Dec 7, 2025)
mouth-watering – so appealing, it almost makes your mouth water. (From Speak Confident English. Dec 3, 2025)
perfectly arranged – organized neatly and with care. (From Speak Confident English. Dec 3, 2025)

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Abbreviations

Vocabulary List Number 387 Version 0.2 with 30 elements integrated in 2 chapters with 24 definitions, 1 synonym and 4 examples.

Main Definitions

abbreviations |n| a shortened form of a word or phrase. (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
"The chemical symbol Ag is an abbreviation of the Latin word for silver, argentum." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
"The chemical symbol Ag is an abbreviation of the Latin word for silver, argentum." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
acronym |n| an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA). (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
"Abbreviations and acronyms are necessary in chat and SMS communication." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
initial |n| the first letter of a name or word, typically a person's given name or a word forming part of a phrase. (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)
"They carved their initials into the tree trunk." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)
jargon / technical language 1 |n| special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understanding-entries. (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)
jargon / technical language 2 |n| is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. (from Wikipedia. Dec 20, 2024).
"Legal jargon." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)