TAKE SB'S NAME IN VAIN

Meaning of TAKE SB'S NAME IN VAIN in English

to show a lack of respect when using sb's name :

( humorous )

Have you been taking my name in vain again?

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
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
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
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
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford 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
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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