label
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French label and lambel (Modern French: lambeau).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -eɪbəl
[edit] Noun
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label (plural labels)
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- A company that sells records.
- (computing) A name attached to some item in source code, especially a point that can be jumped to using a GOTO or similar construct.
[edit] Synonyms
- (small ticket): sign, tag, ticket
- (name given to something or someone): category, pigeonhole
[edit] Translations
small ticket or sign giving information
name categorising someone as part of a group
[edit] Verb
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to label (third-person singular simple present labels, present participle labelling (UK, some US) or labeling (US), simple past and past participle labelled (UK, some US) or labeled (US))
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
[edit] Synonyms
- (put a ticket or sign on): tag, price
- (give a label to in order to categorise): categorise, compartmentalise, pigeonhole
[edit] Translations
put a ticket or sign on
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give a label to in order to categorise
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[edit] References
- label in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- label in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From English.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /lebəl/
[edit] Noun
label n. (plural labels, diminutive labeltje)
- quality label
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-trade label.
- Max Havelaar is the most well-known fair-trade label.
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-trade label.
- music label
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
label m. (plural labels)