Associations to the word «Rename»

Wiktionary

RENAME, verb. To give a new name to.
RENAME, noun. An instance of renaming.

Dictionary definition

RENAME, verb. Assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990".
RENAME, verb. Name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky