[
UK
/bˈædʒ/
]
[ US /ˈbædʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈbædʒ/ ]
NOUN
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an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
they checked everyone's badge before letting them in -
any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability
VERB
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put a badge on
The workers here must be badged
How To Use badge In A Sentence
- The clump is the den area, and to the right are a couple of badger kids. Archive 2009-06-01
- Another badge appears on the front of his horsehide fire-cap.
- Those brought up in the punk rock era will have a twinge of nostalgia for the days when it was a badge of honour to be gobbed on by your idols.
- As a holder of the Combat Infantrymans Badge, it and my Parachute badge are still on my old field jacket, as is the 173 Abn Bde patch on the right shoulder. Why Life is Now More Complicated
- Wear this badge to let others know you're interested. Times, Sunday Times
- He plans to play for a while yet, do some media work and get his coaching badges. Times, Sunday Times
- The badges sell at 50p each.
- The fourth class (officers of the British Empire and Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order) and fifth class (members of the British Empire and Royal Victorian Order) wear their respective badges on medal ribands or bows (women).
- A Wistron NeWeb spokesman said the company was seeking vendors to badge the handsets.
- Imagine - the European Commission might want to harmonise uniforms and cap badges, or even metricate them.