la·bel (l  b l)n. 1. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination. 2. A descriptive term; an epithet. 3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company. 4. Architecture A molding over a door or window; a dripstone. 5. Heraldry A figure in a field consisting of a narrow horizontal bar with several pendants. 6. Chemistry See tracer. tr.v. la·beled or la·belled, la·bel·ing or la·bel·ling, la·bels 1. To attach a label to. 2. To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify: labeled them Yuppies. See Synonyms at mark1. 3. Chemistry To add a tracer to (a compound). [Middle English, ornamental strip of cloth, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.] la bel·er, label·ler n. |
label
Noun
1. a piece of card or other material attached to an object to show its contents, ownership, use, or destination
2. a brief descriptive term given to a person, group, or school of thought: we would need a handy label to explain the new company
Verb
[-belling, -belled] or US [-beling, -beled]
1. to attach a label to
2. to describe or classify in a word or phrase [Old French: ribbon]
| label (lbl) See tracer. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  label - a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"description - the act of describing something |
| 2. | label - trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" | |
| 3. | label - a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction radioisotope - a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially | |
| 4. | label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object tag, ticket - a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. tag - a label associated with something for the purpose of identification; "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word" title bar - (computer science) a horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently active document | |
| Verb | 1. | label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" call - ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" denominate, designate - assign a name or title to stigmatise, stigmatize, brand, denounce, mark - to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" |
| 2. | label - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" attach - cause to be attached brandmark, trademark, brand - mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter" point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics calibrate - mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale" code - attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" badge - put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged" | |
| 3. | label - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" convict - find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" tout - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" qualify - pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections" disqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" | |
| 4. | label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" | |
| 5. | label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" |
label
verb 5. brand, classify, describe, class, call, name, identify, define, designate, characterize, categorize, pigeonhole
Translations
label [ˈleɪbl] n → étiquette f (= brand) [of record] → marque f
vt → étiqueter;
to label sb a ... → qualifier qn de ...
label [ˈleɪbl] n → Etikett nt (= brand) [of record] → Label nt
vt → etikettieren (fig) [+ person]; abstempeln
n label [ˈleibl]
a small written note fixed on or near anything to tell its contents, owner etc luggage labels; The label on the blouse said `Do not iron'. etiket بِطاقَه، لاصِقَة المعلومات надпис jmenovka; visačka mærkeseddel; etiket der Zettel ετικέτα etiqueta silt برچسب etiketti étiquette תָּווִית पर्चा, नाम-पत्र, नाम etiketa címke etiket (merki)miði etichetta, cartellino ラベル 딱지, 꼬리표 etiketė, kortelė (su užrašu) etiķete; uzlīme label etiket merkelapp, etikett etykietka, nalepka etiqueta etichetă ярлык; бирка menovka; visačka etiketa etiketa etikett, adresslapp, märke ป้าย etiket 標籤 ярлик; етикетка نشان کی پرچی nhãn mác 标签
v – past tense, past participle ˈlabelled , American ˈlabeled –
verb to attach a label to She labelled all the boxes of books carefully. merk, etiketteer يُلْصِق بِطاقَه أو لاصِقَه наименовам opatřit etiketou mærke etikettieren κολλώ ετικέτα σε etiquetar märgistama برچسب زدن merkitä étiqueter לְתַייֵג लेबल लगाना staviti etiketu címkéz diberi etiket merkja etichettare ラベルをはる 딱지를 붙이다 priklijuoti, pritvirtinti etiketę/kortelę uzlīmēt etiķeti melabel van een etiket voorzien merke, sette merkelapp på opatrzyć etykietką pôr etiquetas a eticheta, a pune o etichetă (pe un obiect) прикреплять ярлык dať etiketu etiketirati prikačiti etiketu sätta etikett (adresslapp, märke) på ทำป้าย etiketlemek, etiket yapıştırmak 貼標籤 чіпляти ярлик لیبل لگانا dán nhãn 贴标签于
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