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LABEL

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Irregular inflected forms: labelled    , labelling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

Example:

the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent

Synonyms:

label; recording label

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("label" is a kind of...):

brand; brand name; marque; trade name (a name given to a product or service)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brief description given for purposes of identification

Example:

the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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 3

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"):

gummed label; paster; sticker (an adhesive 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)

Derivation:

label (pronounce judgment on)

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

label (attach a tag or label to)

Sense 4

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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 3

Meaning:

Pronounce judgment on

Example:

They labeled him unfit to work here

Synonyms:

judge; label; pronounce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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:

Assign a label to; designate with a label

Example:

These students were labelled 'learning disabled'

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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"):

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))

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

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 5

Meaning:

Attach a tag or label to

Example:

label these bottles

Synonyms:

label; mark; tag

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The anaplastic changes in the glial component and high MIB-1 and TP53 labeling indices may indicate aggressive behavior.

(Anaplastic Ganglioglioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

The researchers behind the study argue that if government policy made menu labelling mandatory, it could encourage restaurants to produce healthier options, leading to public health benefits.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

Memory cells were labeled in three parts of the brain: the hippocampus, the prefrontal cortex and the basolateral amygdala, which stores memories’ emotional associations.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A radiotracer consisting of choline labeled with the positron-emitting isotope carbon C 11 with potential imaging use.

(Carbon C 11 Choline, NCI Thesaurus)

A radiopharmaceutical containing an analogue of tryptophan, alpha-methyltryptophan (AMT), labeled with carbon 11 (11C), used to measure serotonin synthesis in the human brain using positron emission tomography (PET).

(Carbon C 11 Alpha-methyltryptophan, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers used functional MRI prior to and following the training to image subjects' brains while they listened to the sounds, but did not yet label them.

(How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images, National Science Foundation)

The platinum-DNA adduct formation can be measured through quantification of C14-labeled drug-DNA adducts by using AMS.

(Carbon C 14 Oxaliplatin, NCI Thesaurus)

On the inside of the cover was a paper label, with the initials of K. K. K. repeated upon it, and ‘Letters, memoranda, receipts, and a register’ written beneath.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Look for trans fat on the labels of processed foods, margarines, and shortenings.

(Nutrition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

When labeled with radioisotope, MoAb LL2 targets tumor cells that express CD22 antigen and delivers cytotoxic radiation that may be used to treat B-cell lineage cancers.

(Monoclonal Antibody LL2, NCI Thesaurus)