LABEL (labelled, labelling)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does label mean? 

• LABEL (noun)
  The noun LABEL has 4 senses:

1. a brief description given for purposes of identification

2. trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

3. a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

4. an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

  Familiarity information: LABEL used as a noun is uncommon.

• LABEL (verb)
  The verb LABEL has 5 senses:

1. assign a label to; designate with a label

2. attach a tag or label to

3. pronounce judgment on

4. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

5. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

  Familiarity information: LABEL used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABEL (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

label (pronounce judgment on)

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

label (attach a tag or label to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

label; recording 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)

Sense 3

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)

Derivation:

label (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)

label (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)

Sense 4

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"):

tag; ticket (a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.)

tag (a label associated with something for the purpose of identification)

title bar ((computer science) a horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently active document)

gummed label; paster; sticker (an adhesive label)

Derivation:

label (pronounce judgment on)

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

label (attach a tag or label to)

• LABEL (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

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"):

call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)

brand; denounce; mark; stigmatise; stigmatize (to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful)

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

address; direct (put an address on (an envelope))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

label (a brief description given for purposes of identification)

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Attach a tag or label to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

label; mark; tag

Context example:

label these bottles

Hypernyms (to "label" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Verb group:

mark (make or leave a mark on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "label"):

brand; brandmark; trademark (mark with a brand or trademark)

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

Derivation:

label (a brief description given for purposes of identification)

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pronounce judgment on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

judge; label; pronounce

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"):

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)

convict (find or declare guilty)

tout (advertize in strongly positive terms)

find; rule (decide on and make a declaration about)

qualify (pronounce fit or able)

disqualify (declare unfit)

intonate; intone (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

label (a brief description given for purposes of identification)

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Sense 4

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

Derivation:

label (a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction)

Sense 5

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

Derivation:

label (a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction)

 Context examples 

Over the next several weeks, the shape and behavior of the fluorescent green-labeled cells were observed to see if there was evidence of regeneration.

(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)

Providing accurate information about metabolizable energy (ME) content-calories-of foods is important for reliable food labeling and has health ramifications.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Carbon C 13 labeled lycopene used as a tracer for carotenoid metabolism studies in vivo.

(Carbon C 13 Lycopene, NCI Thesaurus)

Omega-3 supplements are available over-the-counter and often labeled as supporting brain health.

(Study shows no benefit of omega-3 or other nutritional supplements for cognitive decline, NIH)

A radioconjugate containing the acetate salt of eribulin, labeled with the beta particle-emitting radioisotope carbon C 14, with radioisotopic and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Carbon C 14 Eribulin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioconjugate containing the orally available selumetinib, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK or MAPK/ERK kinase) types 1 and 2, labeled with the radioisotope carbon C 14.

(Carbon C 14 Selumetinib, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic water-soluble analogue of combretastatin A4, derived from the South African willow bush (Combretum caffrum), labeled with carbon C 14 with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Carbon C 14 Ombrabulin, NCI Thesaurus)

But a new study by a NASA-led team of researchers suggests that the object, labeled IRAS 19312+1950, might be something quite different — a protostar, a star still in the making.

(NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star, NASA)

"Underweight", "normal", "overweight", and "obese" are all labels for ranges of weight.

(Body Weight, NIH)

The opposite of a blinded study is an open label study.

(Blinded Clinical Study, NCI Dictionary)