label

Nouns

  • (n) a brief description given for purposes of identification
    • the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture
  • (n) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
    • the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent
    recording label,
  • (n) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
  • (n) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

Verbs

  • (v) assign a label to; designate with a label
    • These students were labelled "learning disabled"
  • (v) attach a tag or label to
    • label these bottles
    mark, tag,
  • (v) pronounce judgment on
    • They labeled him unfit to work here
    pronounce, judge,
  • (v) distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
  • (v) distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

Synonyms

recording label mark tag pronounce judge

See also

mark down mark up

Words of close approximity

Laban labor
labeled labelled