labeled

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 10.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a label, tagged.

   The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper.

2. adjective Defined or described.

   He was labeled as a racist for his otherwise innocent remark.

3. adjective Having an atom replaced by a radioactive isotope

   Insulin labeled with iodine-125 was used as a tracer

4. verb simple past and past participle of label

Similar words

tagged marked flagged annotated classified categorized stencilled titled called named

Often followed by

as with the a by in and cells for

Word family

label labeling labelled labelling labels