TAKE A NAME IN VAIN

Meaning of TAKE A NAME IN VAIN in English

use a name disrespectfully or without proper reason, use a name in a situation where it is not warranted (usually God's name)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VAIN — I. ˈvān adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English vain, vein, from Old French, from Latin vanus empty, vain — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAME — I. ˈnām noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nama; akin to Old High German & Gothic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIN — (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Английский словарь Webster
VAIN — ( superl. ) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAIN — — vainly , adv. — vainness , n. /vayn/ , adj., vainer, vainest . 1. excessively proud of or concerned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAME — — namer , n. /naym/ , n. , v. , named, naming , adj. n. 1. a word or a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAME — I. ˈnām noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nama; akin to Old High German namo name, Latin nomen, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAIN — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, empty, futile, from Latin vanus — more at wane Date: 14th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAIN — superl showy; ostentatious. 2. vain ·noun vanity; emptiness; now used only in the phrase in vain. 3. vain ·superl …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
VAIN — [vain] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L vanus empty, vain--more at wane] (14c) 1: having no real value: idle, worthless …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NAME — a word or group of words used to refer to an individual entity (real or imaginary). A name singles out …
Britannica English vocabulary
VAIN — / veɪn; NAmE / adjective 1. that does not produce the result you want SYN useless : She closed her …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAME — / neɪm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a word or words that a particular person, animal, place …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAIN — vain /veɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin vanus 'empty, vain' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAME — I. name 1 S1 W1 /neɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ name , ↑ rename ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VAIN — adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAME — n. & v. --n. 1 a the word by which an individual person, animal, place, or thing is known, spoken …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VAIN — adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAME — n. & v. n. 1 a the word by which an individual person, animal, place, or thing is known, spoken …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAIN — adj.1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 useless; …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
NAME — n. & v. --n. 1. a the word by which an individual person, animal, place, or thing is known, spoken …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAIN — ( vainer, vainest) 1. A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended. The drafting …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAME — ( names, naming, named) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The name …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAIN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vain attempt (= one that does not succeed ) ▪ They worked through the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NAME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brand name ▪ The use of tobacco brand names in sponsoring sports has …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VAIN — (SELFISH) [adjective] -er, -est - too interested in your own appearance or achievementsHe was very vain about his clothes.She's one …
Cambridge English vocab
VAIN — See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
Slang English vocab
VAIN — adj. Function: adjective 1 devoid of worth or significance FF1C; the vain pursuits of a luxurious life FF1E; Synonyms: empty, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
VAIN — adjective 1. devoid of worth or significance the vain pursuits of a luxurious life Synonyms: empty, hollow, idle, nugatory, otiose …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NAME — I. noun 1 word/words sb/sth is known by ADJECTIVE ▪ Christian ( BrE ), first , given ( esp. AmE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
NAME — INDEX: 1. a person’s name 2. a name used by your friends and family that is not your real name …
Longman Activator English vocab
NAME — See ↑ CHOOSE 4, ↑ NAME 1,4,6,7, ↑ REPUTATION 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ big name • ↑ brand name • …
Longman Activator English vocab
VAIN — adj. 25B6; adjective he was vain about his looks : CONCEITED, narcissistic, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, egotistic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NAME — n. 25B6; noun her name's Gemma : designation, honorific, title, tag, epithet, label; informal moniker, handle; formal denomination, appellation. See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
VAIN — adj. 1 proud, conceited, haughty, arrogant, boastful, egotistical, cocky, self-important, vainglorious, narcissistic, Colloq big-headed, swell-headed, stuck-up, swollen-headed They are so …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VAIN — See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
Словарь английских идиом
VAIN — adjective DUBIOUS : The police did their best to rescue the hostages but in vain. BAD : The police did …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
VAIN — прил. 1) напрасный, бесполезный It is vain to protest. ≈ Сопротивление бесполезно. Syn : futile, unavailing 2) поверхностный, пустой; показной …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAME — 1. сущ. 1) а) имя (вообще); имя (в отличие от фамилии, тж. Christian name, амер. given name, first name), фамилия …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAIN — vain.ogg 1. veın n уст. тщета; тщеславие 2. veın a 1. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets - напрасные сожаления vain …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NAME — name.ogg 1. neım n 1. имя; фамилия Christian /first, given/ name - имя middle name - а) второе имя ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NAME — наименование; название; обозначение; вчт. тж. имя, идентификатор - aspect name - compound name - data name - data set name …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
NAME — наименование; название; обозначение; вчт. тж. имя, идентификатор - aspect name - compound name - data name - data set name - data-definition name - device name - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TAKE — 1) брать 2) воспринимать 3) впитывать 4) довозить 5) дубль 6) заступать 7) захватывать 8) определять 9) отбирать 10) отнимать 11) поглощать 12) преобразовывать 13) принятие 14) проникать 15) растворять 16) схватывать • development of mine take …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NAME — name сущ.1) а) имя (вообще); имя (в отличие от фамилии, тж. Christian name, амер. given name, first name), фамилия (тж. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
VAIN — 1. veın n уст. тщета; тщеславие 2. veın a 1. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets - напрасные сожаления vain attempt …
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