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label English

Meaning label meaning

What does label mean?
Definitions in simple English

label Noun

— A label is a small sign, usually on something, to tell you about it. Please read the label before using the product. There are washing instructions on the label. — A label is a brand (mainly for fashion and music companies). Her favorite label is Gucci.

label Verb

— If you label something, you write information on it or attach information to it. Please be sure to label your bags before getting on the airplane. He labelled the tree with its name and date.

label

— verb assign a label to; designate with a label These students were labelled 'learning disabled' — noun a brief description given for purposes of identification the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture — verb (= pronounce) pronounce judgment on They labeled him unfit to work here — verb (= tag) attach a tag or label to label these bottles — noun (= recording 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 — noun an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object — noun a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction — verb distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom — verb distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

Synonyms label synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as label?

label English » English

tag mark sticker ticket sign tab name brand trademark tally stamp flag docket designate slip recording label marker etiquette categorize call token title term symbol stigmatize pronounce poster pigeonhole note judge jot down inscribe dub designation classify card ballot badge trade name trade label tick take notice superscription superscribe stud stigmatise spot slip of paper signet signboard

Topics label topics

What do people use label to talk about?
Grammar Name

Name of a thing

Conjugation label conjugation

How do you conjugate label?

label · verb

Examples label examples

How do I use label in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Please stick this label to your baggage.
Please affix the address label here.
Read what's on the label.
Tom took the bottle from Mary and looked at the label.
Tom read the label on the bottle.
The bottle Tom was holding had a purple label.
I read the label.
The contents of the box are indicated on the label.
The contents of the box are listed on the label.
The label warns that the contents of the box are fragile.
Tom thought his violin was a Stradivarius because the name Stradivarius was on the label inside his violin.
I told Tom to label all the boxes.
Read the label carefully.
Honestly, why does everyone need to self-identify and self-label themselves? It's downright ludicrous.

Movie subtitles

Don't tell me you thought of that label all by yourself.
But it has no label on.
Child, the carpet is already laid at St. George's, Hanover Square. And Father's simply aching to have a coat of arms on the jam label.
First they didn't know whose it was. and then they saw the Paris label and did it start a commotion.
Read the label.
Initials, label.
Help me find a bottle of wine with the same label as these others.
No label.
He he Ha ha! None of it's here, I must have a label.
Label, label, label, label, label. Label, label! Label.
The carpet is already laid at St. Georges, Hanover Square. and Father is aching to have a coat of arms on the jam label.
She was packed by EF Strable to be served at Albert's table, but that Henry changed the label.
You're overnight bag carried the fresh Houston label.
Same label, right?
Every step up the ladder, every Paris label, they can all pay off now.
None of it's here, I must have a label. Label, label, label, label, label. Label, label!
It's a rotten bottle, and it's a rotten label, and it's rotten whiskey.
And me, because I've got a business contract to kill one person, they label me a goon, a murderer.
Over there, the listening machines and up there we'll have a stand to show all the label's catalogues, star pictures and so on.
This is our temple, and over there is the window where we show ourselves off for a few hours each day with our label on our necks.
Very well. What label?
In this furniture, on the top, there is a small blue phial without any label.
Here's the label. Look at the small print.
With Napoleon on the label.
I think he's on that label too.
She goes right through the label.

News and current affairs

The standardized disclosure label should not, however, include past returns on investments.
From an accountant's perspective, that makes it logical to label trade deficits as negative savings.
It is a label that easily applies to all the types of dishonest politicians described above.
Indeed, an expensive item with no label or identifying characteristics has less competitive impact than a recognized item or brand.
But that label has a profound impact: it sends the unmistakable message that BPA is a health hazard.
Among its proposals, The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System recommends that investment products like mutual funds should include a standardized disclosure label analogous to the nutritional labels on foods.
That is why Russia's leaders have been so keen to label Ukraine's leaders as Russophobes and fascists.
Even though the label of treason is used, the offense now resembles the American concept of sedition and seeks to prevent a violent overthrow of the government.
In that case, the label fit.
There is also a danger that the perpetrators, if found, might avoid trial if the local authorities label the crime political, and thus exempt from normal extradition requirements.

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