Dictionary definition · label
noun
- a brief description given for purposes of identification"the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
- trade name of a company that produces musical recordings"the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"
- a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
verb
- assign a label to; designate with a label"These students were labelled ‘learning disabled’"
- attach a tag or label to"label these bottles"
- pronounce judgment on"They labeled him unfit to work here"
- distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
- distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).