EGAVE

label

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 13.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
    We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
  2. noun A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
    Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
  3. noun A company that sells records.
    The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
  4. noun A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
    Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
  5. noun A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
  6. noun A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
  7. noun A tassel.
  8. noun A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.

Similar words

trade name tag mark judge pronounce sticker marque brand gummed label manufacturer

Often followed by

the of for is and on to in it

Word family

labelable labeled labeler labelers labeling labelled labelling labels

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