brand
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[edit] English
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Old English brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandoz. Cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand.
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brand (plural brands)
- (archaic or poetic) A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
- (archaic) A sword.
- A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle.
- A branding iron.
- (advertising) A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or manufacturer from its competitors.
- A specific product or manufacturer so distinguished.
- Some brands of breakfast cereal have more sugar than is really healthy.
- Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
- I didn't appreciate his particular brand of flattery.
- (advertising) A product's attributes — name, appearance, reputation, and so on — taken collectively and abstractly.
- The company still has to do more to build the brand.
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- brand awareness
- brand image
- brand linkage
- brand name
- brand stretch
- branding
- branding moment
- own brand
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mark made by burning
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marker for cattle — see branding iron
name, symbol, logo
intangible sum of a product's atrributes
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to brand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- Her face is branded upon my memory.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
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burn the flesh
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mark with proof of ownership
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impress on the memory or senses
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stigmatize
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brand (not comparable)
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- (advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?
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brand c. (singular definite branden, plural indefinite brande)
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Inflection of “brand”
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brand m. (plural branden, diminutive brandje, diminutive plural brandjes)
- fire (such as a house fire)
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brand
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brand m. inv.
- brand (product symbol)
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brand c.
| Inflection for brand | Singular | Plural | ||
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| Base form | brand | branden | bränder | bränderna |
| Possessive form | brands | brandens | bränders | brändernas |
- accidental, uncontrollable fire
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