label
Nouns
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(n) a brief description given for purposes of identification
- the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture
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(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
- (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
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(v) assign a label to; designate with a label
- These students were labelled "learning disabled"
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(v) attach a tag or label to
- label these bottles
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(v) pronounce judgment on
- They labeled him unfit to work here
- (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