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label
[ ley-buhl ]
noun
- a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.:
The medicine bottle should have a label on it with the dosing instructions.
- a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.:
The label “progressive” can be used to describe many different political movements.
- a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification:
The label “Formal” marks words used in academic or business contexts.
- Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
- a brand or trademark under which something, such as clothing or music, is manufactured and sold:
She records under her own label.
Chanel has launched a new label for ready-to-wear couture.
- the manufacturer using such a label:
All the big-name labels will have a runway show during Fashion Week.
Major labels are feeling the economic crunch and are no longer signing small acts or individual musicians.
- Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son.
- Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.
verb (used with object)
- to affix a label to; mark with a label:
The drawers have all been labeled with their contents.
- to designate or describe by or on a label:
The bottle was labeled poison.
- to put in a certain class; classify:
It's easy to label someone as difficult and stop trying, but curiosity and compassion can often get you further.
label
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a piece of paper, card, or other material attached to an object to identify it or give instructions or details concerning its ownership, use, nature, destination, etc; tag
- a brief descriptive phrase or term given to a person, group, school of thought, etc
the label "Romantic" is applied to many different kinds of poetry
- a word or phrase heading a piece of text to indicate or summarize its contents
- a trademark or company or brand name on certain goods, esp, formerly, on gramophone records
- another name for dripstone
- heraldry a charge consisting of a horizontal line across the chief of a shield with three or more pendants: the charge of an eldest son
- computing a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification
- chem a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
verb
- to fasten a label to
- to mark with a label
- to describe or classify in a word or phrase
to label someone a liar
- to make (one or more atoms in a compound) radioactive, for use in determining the mechanism of a reaction
label
/ ′ə /
- See tracer
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other yvlogs From
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- ·· noun verb (used with object) prelabeled prelabeling or (especially British) prelabelled prelabelling
- ·· verb (used with object) relabeled relabeling or (especially British) relabelled relabelling
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yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of label1
Example Sentences
His agents are sweeping up legal residents in their opaque nets, labeling the whole unidentified lot as terrorists and shipping most of them off by planeloads to a Salvadoran megaprison.
Despite the systems being labelled intelligent, critics argue LLMs do not "think", have no understanding of what they produce and can confidently present errors as fact.
In addition, the label claimed that Drake had "lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated".
Mexican authorities have rejected the notion that the site was an “extermination camp,” labeling it a training facility.
And drinking has been the target of health concerns: In January, the U.S. surgeon general called for cancer warning labels to be placed on alcoholic drinks.
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