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label

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/ˈleɪbəl/ English

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noun

  1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.“Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.”
  2. 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. A company that sells records.“The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”
  4. A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.“Storage devices can be given by label or ID.”

verb

  1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).“The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.”
  2. (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.“He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.”
  3. To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
  4. To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

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