in all but name

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to describe a situation which exists in reality but that is not officially recognized

   -Prosecutor? -In all but name.

In the movies · 1

• -Prosecutor? -In all but name.Oppenheimer2023
• It was a family, you know, in all but name.Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts2022
• He's a child. Cardinal rules in all but name, might as well drink to him.The Three Musketeers2011
• And they all sign names.The Terminal2004
• Do you know all their names?Good Will Hunting1997
• All the names and dates are inside your head.V for Vendetta2006
• I know all your names.The Gentlemen2020
• - -Okay. All right. Name?Extraction2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train
• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will
• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion

From the same entry

• by name
• by the name of
• enter name
• give your name to
• go by the name of
• have your name on it
• in God's name
• in the name of
• in name only
• name is mud
• the name of the game
• a name to conjure with