rename

/ riːˈneɪm /

verb

1. to change the name of (someone or something)

Example Sentences

Chadd recently renamed its young scientist award the Dr. Thomas E. Brown Pioneer Award.

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Besides giving the producers, Sean Ono Lennon and Simon Hilton, cover for jettisoning the opening track, renaming the album and describing it as “reimagined” allows for some interesting creative liberties.

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Mathis renamed the church the Nashville Church of Christ in 2018 and claimed to have launched an online ministry, but didn’t hold church services on the premises.

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A decade before that, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” in what was then known as Zaire, since renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The sculpture resurfaced Thursday night, this time bolted to a concrete base near the site of its earlier removal and renamed “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

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