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UK
/lˈeɪbəl/
]
[ US /ˈɫeɪbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫeɪbəɫ/ ]
VERB
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assign a label to; designate with a label
These students were labelled `learning disabled' - 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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pronounce judgment on
They labeled him unfit to work here - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
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attach a tag or label to
label these bottles
NOUN
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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
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a brief description given for purposes of identification
the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
How To Use label In A Sentence
- It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year? SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
- (12 May 2006) - Three years in the business might seem like a too-brief span for a retrospective, but since 2003, Washington D. C.-based quartet the Fort Knox Five founded their own record label (called Fort Knox Recordings), remixed the likes of Tito Puente, Louis Armstrong, And Tower of Power, and collaborated with hip hop's elder statesman Africa Bambaataa-not to mention all the bodies they've got moving on the ... Cool Hunting
- Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
- Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
- The development of innovative new technologies and highly specific, nonradioactive labels has changed all of that. The Scientist
- Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
- In an attempt to thwart piracy of its music, the label equipped a collection of 52 album releases with a type of software known as a rootkit. ITnews Australia
- Eventually almost all postwar writers whose work departs significantly from convention have come to be labeled "postmodernist," a term that has definable meaning but that also has been used as an aid in this lashing-out, a way to further disparage such writers both by lumping them together indiscriminately and by identifying their work as just another participant in literary fashion. Postmodernism
- When the dork came to bat, he was waving the bat back and forth with the label aimed straight at the pitcher. WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR?
- The label location diagram certainly sniffs of this accessory being in the right shape. Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
