English to English
label
('l/eI/b/@/l
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noun (n)
- a brief description given for purposes of identification(noun.communication)Example:
The label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture.
source: wordnet30 - trade name of a company that produces musical recordings(noun.communication)Example:
The artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent.
source: wordnet30 - a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- A tassel.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- assign a label to; designate with a label(verb.communication)Example:
These students were labelled `learning disabled'.
source: wordnet30 - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.(verb)source: webster1913