label meaning
EN[ˈleɪbəl] [-eɪbəl]US
WLabel
- A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information about the product.
- Labels have many uses including providing information on a product's origin, use, shelf-life and disposal, some or all of which may be governed by legislation such as that for food in the UK or USA.
FR label
- NounPLlabels
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
- The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
- Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
- A company that sells records.
- The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
- (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
- (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- (obsolete) A tassel.
- 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.
- (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- VerbSGlabelsPRlabellingPRlabelingPT, PPlabelledPT, PPlabeled
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
- (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
- (biochemistry) 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.
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Amy Reynaldo, the Crossword Fiend blogger, labels the richest alphabetical specimens as Scrabbly, an adjective I'm happy to spread.
- When an italicized label or guide phrase follows a boldface numeral, the label or phrase applies only to that specific numbered sense and its subsenses.
- As a strong and conscientious student, he was often labelled as teacher's pet in school.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of label in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary