English noun: label | |||
1. | label (communication) a brief description given for purposes of identification | ||
Samples | The label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | description | ||
2. | label (communication) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | ||
Samples | The artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent. | ||
Synonyms | recording label | ||
Broader (hypernym) | brand, brand name, marque, trade name | ||
3. | label (substance) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | radioisotope | ||
4. | label (communication) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mark, marker, marking | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | gummed label, paster, sticker, tag, tag, ticket, title bar | ||
English verb: label | |||
1. | label (communication) assign a label to; designate with a label | ||
Samples | These students were labelled `learning disabled'. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | denominate, designate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | address, brand, call, call, denounce, direct, mark, name, stigmatise, stigmatize | ||
2. | label (contact) attach a tag or label to | ||
Samples | Label these bottles. | ||
Synonyms | mark, tag | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | badge, brand, brandmark, calibrate, code, point, point, point, trademark | ||
Verb group | mark | ||
3. | label (communication) pronounce judgment on | ||
Samples | They labeled him unfit to work here. | ||
Synonyms | judge, pronounce | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudge, declare, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquit, assoil, clear, convict, discharge, disqualify, exculpate, exonerate, find, intonate, intone, qualify, rule, tout | ||
4. | label (cognition) distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
5. | label (cognition) distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||