Meaning of label in English

label

noun [ C ]

/ˈleɪ.bəl/ us

/ˈleɪ.bəl/

label noun [C] (SIGN)

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a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object it is attached to:

Remember to put some address labels on the suitcases.

Washing instructions should be on the label.

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a word or a phrase that is used to describe the characteristics or qualities of people, activities, or things, often in a way that is unfair:

He seems to be stuck with the label of "troublemaker".

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It says on the label that no preservatives or artificial colourings have been added.
The label became detached from your parcel.
The label says to take one dose three times a day.
The label on this bread says it is guaranteed free of/from preservatives .
It's described on the label as 'light, fruity wine'.

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label noun [C] (COMPANY)

a company that produces goods for sale, the goods themselves, or the company's name or symbol:

Her favourite designer label (= maker of expensive clothes) is Armani.

Their own-label vegetarian products have been a huge success.

The group have just signed (= arranged to record) with a new record label.

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I can't afford designer labels/designer label clothes.
an indie movie/film/record label
a new album on the Motown label
She's signed a three-album deal with a new record label.
His own-label ready meals are very good.

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label

verb [ T ]

/ˈleɪ.bəl/ us

/ˈleɪ.bəl/

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to fasten a label to:

[ + adj ] The parcel was clearly labelled "Fragile".

If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.

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He was always labelled as lazy.
I labelled all my strawberry jam today.
Make sure your cases are clearly labelled.
The medicines are carefully labelled.
They labelled all the specimins .

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(Definition of label from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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label

noun [ C ]

/ˈleɪ·bəl/

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a piece of paper or other material that gives information about the object it is attached to:

the address/mailing label

Follow the instructions on the label.

A label can also mean the name or symbol of a company that produces goods for sale:

Everything we produce goes out under our own label.

A label can also be a name or a phrase used to describe the characteristics or qualities of people, activities, or things:

It’s hard to say whether to apply the label “jazz” or “rock” to her music.

label

verb [ T ]

/ˈleɪ·bəl/

to attach a piece of paper or other material that has information about an object to that object:

She labeled all the packages and sent them out the same afternoon.

To label something or someone is also to name that thing’s or person’s character:

He didn’t want to be labeled a complainer, so he didn’t raise any objection to the extra work.

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label | Business English

label

noun [ C ]

COMMERCE, MARKETING

/ˈleɪbəl/ us

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a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object that it is fixed to:

address/price/warning label Canada put graphic warning labels on cigarette packs back in June 2001.

Food packages that did not carry a label certifying them as safe were being blocked from export.

Launder or dry-clean, according to the care label.

Check the sodium levels on the food label.

a company that produces goods for sale, using a particular name:

designer/fashion label She also has plans to launch a range of cosmetics if her fashion label takes off.

a name of a record company:

an independent/record/major label

a name of a company that makes wine:

Among its other big deals this year was the purchase of two champagne labels.

a name or symbol that is used by a company to sell its products, or the products themselves:

Contaminated wheat gluten made its way into pet food sold under nearly 100 labels across North America.

Examples of label

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In addition, gustatory nerve fibers did not appear to be labeled.

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Overall, the rejections of adult labels seem to reflect a labeling preference on the child's part, rather than a rejection of synonymy.

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The quest for labels is signaled around this time by two other changes in children's own word use.

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The single-level assumption itself may stem from the importance of categories at the level where they receive basic labels, namely categories at that level.

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One lexical item labels a part of the entity picked out by the other.

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According to the whole-object assumption, they should also be easy to assign labels to.

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Another primary point has to do with labels or names of personification figures: are they named?

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At the self-consciously intellectual level, scientific thinking, labeled as such, won supporters for its coherence and rationality, reinforced by usable results.

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Such subjects, as a consequence, might not differ in their test performance from those who were explicitly trained to apply labels.

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However, in all these embryos there is diffuse labeling of the membrane of the yolk cell rather than labeling of platelets.

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The neurons labeled by virus from the prostate were larger than those that were labeled by virus from the bladder.

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Virus from the bladder labeled a mean total of 3629 neurons.

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The first neurons to be labeled from either the bladder or the prostate were located in the major pelvic ganglion.

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Although this 'direct' analysis does require a single round of synthesis to incorporate dye labels, no amplification is involved.

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The equipment could work faster, the mould was sealed against the ingress of dirt, and it was no longer necessary to provide paper labels.

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Collocations with label

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adhesive label

Where this requires acknowledgement of the photographer, this must be indicated on an adhesive label on the back of the photograph.

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descriptive label

The jump from statistical result to descriptive label clearly requires a lot of imagination.

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diagnostic label

In fact, such "subclinical" children should not have to be given a diagnostic label in order to receive funded treatment.

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What is the pronunciation of label?

B1,C2,B1,C1

Translations of label

in Chinese (Traditional)

符號, 標籤，標牌, （用來描述人、活動或事物特點或特性的，常為不公正的）稱號，綽號…

Meaning of label in English

label noun [C] (SIGN)

label noun [C] (COMPANY)

label | American Dictionary

label | Business English

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