Dictionary entry details
• LABEL (noun)
Meaning:
A brief description given for purposes of identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture
Hypernyms ("label" is a kind of...):
description (the act of describing something)
Meaning:
Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
recording label; label
Context example:
the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent
Hypernyms ("label" is a kind of...):
brand; brand name; marque; trade name (a name given to a product or service)
Meaning:
A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("label" is a kind of...):
radioisotope (a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially)
Meaning:
An identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("label" is a kind of...):
mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "label"):
gummed label; paster; sticker (an adhesive label)
tag (a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal)
• LABEL (verb)
Meaning:
Assign a label to; designate with a label
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
These students were labelled 'learning disabled'
Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):
denominate; designate (assign a name or title to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "label"):
brand; denounce; mark; stigmatise; stigmatize (to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful)
call; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)
address; direct (put an address on (an envelope))
call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Attach a tag or label to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
mark; tag; label
Context example:
label these bottles
Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "label"):
point (mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes)
point (mark with diacritics)
point (mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics)
calibrate (mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units)
code (attach a code to)
badge (put a badge on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Pronounce judgment on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
pronounce; label; judge
Context example:
They labeled him unfit to work here
Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "label"):
intonate; intone (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone)
disqualify (declare unfit)
qualify (pronounce fit or able)
find; rule (decide on and make a declaration about)
tout (advertize in strongly positive terms)
nasalise; nasalize (pronounce with a lowered velum)
convict (find or declare guilty)
acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something
Meaning:
Distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
