label

Plural: labels

Noun

• a brief description given for purposes of identification
  • "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
• trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
  • "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"
• a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
• an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
• A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• A company that sells records.
• A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• A tassel.
• A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
• A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

Verb

Verb Forms: labeled, labeling, labels, labelled, labelling

• To attach a descriptive tag or classify something.
• assign a label to; designate with a label
  • "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
• attach a tag or label to
  • "label these bottles"
• pronounce judgment on
  • "They labeled him unfit to work here"
• distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
• distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
• To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
• To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

Examples

• Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
• Don’t LABEL me a beginner; my Scrabble skills are far more advanced than they appear!
• Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
• He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
• Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
• The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
• The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
• The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
• We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.

Synonyms

judge, mark, pronounce, recording label, tag, categorise, category, classify, compartmentalise, lambel, peg, pigeonhole, price, record label, sign, ticket

Anagrams of label