Label - English meaning

noun

A name or title.

Usage examples:

The city fully justifies its appellation ‘the pearl of the orient’

noun

An appellation contrôlée.

Usage examples:

About 20 per cent of french wines with an appellation come from alsace

noun

A name or title

Usage examples:

As a child, he received the appellation "mouse".

noun

A type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name.

Usage examples:

A new brand of soap powder

verb

Mark with a branding iron.

Usage examples:

The seller had branded the animal with his grandfather's name

noun

A name given to a product or service

verb

Give (a baby or animal) a specified name.

Usage examples:

They called their daughter hannah

noun

A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

A nearby fisherman heard their calls for help

verb

To give someone or something a name, or to know or address someone by a particular name

Usage examples:

They've called the twins edward and thomas., what's that actor called that we saw in the film last …

verb

Place in a particular class or group.

Usage examples:

Silk is categorized as a luxury import

verb

To put people or things into groups of people or things that have the same features

Usage examples:

Categorize sb/sth as sth you can categorize your company's strategy as a reactor, defender, analyze…

verb

To put people or things into groups with the same features

Usage examples:

Be categorized into the books are categorized into beginner and advanced., categorize something as …

noun

The creation or construction of a fictional character.

Usage examples:

He preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict

noun

The way that people are represented in a film, play, or book so that they seem real and natural

Usage examples:

The plots in her books are very strong but there's almost no characterization., the film's characte…

noun

The way in which something is described by stating its main qualities

verb

Describe the distinctive nature or features of.

Usage examples:

She characterized the period as the decade of revolution

verb

To have as a typical quality

Usage examples:

The current system is characterized by obsolete technology., she characterized the novel as wordy i…

verb

Something that characterizes another thing is typical of it

Usage examples:

Bright colours and bold strokes characterize his early paintings.

noun

A short official note, typically recording a sum owed.

Usage examples:

Write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard

noun

An impudent or arrogant young woman.

Usage examples:

She is a mere chit of a girl

verb

Cause (a potato) to sprout by placing it in a cool light place.

Usage examples:

I moved to canada a few years ago and i was surprised when i mentioned chitting to people, they had…

noun

A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Usage examples:

It has good accommodation for a hotel of this class

verb

Assign or regard as belonging to a particular category.

Usage examples:

Conduct which is classed as criminal

adjective

Showing stylish excellence.

Usage examples:

He's a class player

verb

Arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

Usage examples:

Mountain peaks are classified according to their shape

verb

Arrange or order by categories

verb

To divide things into groups according to type

Usage examples:

We classify our books by subject.

noun

An extra personal name given to an ancient roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example marcus tullius cicero.

noun

A name or nickname (= an informal name given to someone by their friends, family, etc.), especially one that describes someone or something

Usage examples:

The heinous nature of his crime earned him the cognomen "monster"., the “people’s friend” was the c…

noun

In ancient rome, a third personal name given to a citizen, usually passed down from father to son

Usage examples:

The word chickpea traces back through the french "chiche" to latin "cicer" (from which the roman co…

verb

Divide into discrete sections or categories.

Usage examples:

He had the ability to compartmentalize his life

verb

To separate something into parts and not allow those parts to mix together

Usage examples:

His life was carefully compartmentalized, with his work in one city and his social life in another.

verb

Express complete disapproval of; censure.

Usage examples:

Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

Usage examples:

The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

noun

A recognized autonomous branch of the christian church.

Usage examples:

The presbyterian community is the second largest denomination in the country

noun

A religious group whose beliefs differ in some ways from other groups in the same religion

Usage examples:

The petition was signed by clergy from over 20 protestant denominations., the machines take coins o…

noun

A unit of value stated on a coin, bank note, etc.

Usage examples:

High/large denomination notes, small/low denomination coins

verb

Give a detailed account in words of.

Usage examples:

He described his experiences in a letter to his parents

verb

Give a statement representing something

verb

To say or write what someone or something is like

Usage examples:

Could you describe your attacker?, describe something in detail he described the painting in detail…

noun

A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event.

Usage examples:

People who had seen him were able to give a description

noun

A statement or a piece of writing that tells what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

[ c ] your description of della was hilarious., [ u ] boats of every description (= of all types) e…

noun

Something that tells you what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

Description of write a description of your favourite beach., she has given the police a very detail…

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

verb

To choose someone or something for a special job or purpose, or to state that something has a particular character or purpose

Usage examples:

The chairman designated his daughter as his successor., north-south streets are designated by numbe…

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

Usage examples:

A leader's designation of his own successor

noun

The act of choosing someone or something for a special job, or stating that something has a particular character or purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] associate professor is her official designation (= title).

noun

An official title or name

Usage examples:

What's her official designation now she's been promoted?, the area qualifies for designation as a s…

noun

A document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package.

Usage examples:

The health department is working with the british supermarket chain to introduce shopping dockets t…

verb

Mark (a consignment or package) with a document or label listing the contents.

Usage examples:

The clothes would be handed in and neatly docketed

noun

A list of cases to be dealt with in a law court

noun

A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

Usage examples:

The site provides access to official documents and reports, but not any political analysis.

verb

Record (something) in written, photographic, or other form.

Usage examples:

The photographer spent years documenting the lives of miners

noun

A paper or set of papers with written or printed information, esp. of an official type

Usage examples:

Do you have all your documents in order to apply for a passport?, the study documents various aspec…

noun

Material that provides official information or evidence or that serves as a record.

Usage examples:

You will have to complete the relevant documentation

noun

Official papers, or written material that provides proof of something

noun

Official or legal documents that are needed in order to prove something

Usage examples:

Provide/produce documentation many lenders are now requiring borrowers to provide documentation of …

verb

Give an unofficial name or nickname to.

Usage examples:

The media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’

noun

An instance of dubbing sound effects or music.

Usage examples:

The level of the dub can be controlled manually

verb

Misplay (a shot).

noun

An adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

Usage examples:

Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’

noun

A word or phrase used to describe someone, often as an insult

Usage examples:

A racial epithet, his stubbornness earned him the epithet “senator no.”

noun

An adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them

Usage examples:

The singer's 104-kilo frame earned him the epithet of "man mountain" in the press.

noun

A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities.

Usage examples:

The american flag

verb

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.

Usage examples:

The spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary

noun

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

Usage examples:

Stone flags are £32 per square yard and slates go for £2 each.

noun

The action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.

Usage examples:

Each child was tagged with a number for identification

noun

The ability to name or recognize someone or something

Usage examples:

Identification of the victims of the plane crash still is not complete., we were asked to show iden…

noun

An official card or document with your name and photograph or other information on it, used for proving who you are

Usage examples:

Provide/show identification to open a new account, the bank will require you to show four pieces of…

verb

Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Usage examples:

The judge ordered that the girl should not be identified

verb

Recognize as being

verb

To recognize or be able to name someone or something, or to prove who or what someone or something is

Usage examples:

Small babies can identify their mothers., the police officer refused to identify himself.

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

noun

An object used to indicate a position, place, or route.

Usage examples:

They erected a granite marker at the crash site

noun

A symbol or object that gives information

Usage examples:

When the boats reached the halfway marker, the wind started to pick up., she used a yellow, felt-ti…

noun

A sign that shows what something is like or proves that something exists

Usage examples:

A marker of sth the company sees its invitation to join the business forum as a marker of success.,…

noun

A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.

Usage examples:

My name is john parsons

verb

Give a name to.

Usage examples:

Hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named

adjective

(of a person or product) having a well-known name.

Usage examples:

Specialized name brands geared to niche markets

noun

A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.

Usage examples:

Mallender's fair complexion gave rise to his nickname ‘ghost’

verb

Give a nickname to.

Usage examples:

An area nicknamed sniper's alley

noun

A small recess for a domestic pigeon to nest in.

Usage examples:

It's fortunate that they set up those pigeonholes because some of the pigeons have come home to roo…

verb

Assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one.

Usage examples:

I was pigeonholed as a ‘youth writer’

verb

To put someone or something into a group or type, often unfairly

Usage examples:

He’s was pigeonholed early on in his career as a gospel singer.

verb

Make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way.

Usage examples:

Gerry pronounced the hero's name ‘cahoolin’

verb

To say a word or a letter in a particular way or in a correct way

Usage examples:

Around here, "aunt" is not pronounced the same as "ant.", how do you pronounce your last name?, dew…

noun

A person's nickname.

Usage examples:

She was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘duchesse’

noun

A name given to someone or something that is not their or its real or official name

Usage examples:

These charms have earned the television show's host the sobriquet "the thinking woman's heartthrob".

verb

Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

Usage examples:

He stamped his foot in frustration

noun

An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Usage examples:

Hathaway used a variety of stamps to mark his tools.

verb

Walk heavily

noun

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Usage examples:

The stereotype of the woman as the carer

verb

View or represent as a stereotype.

Usage examples:

The city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland

noun

An idea that is used to describe a particular type of person or thing, or a person or thing thought to represent such an idea

Usage examples:

All jobs can be made to fit stereotypes, but accountants are particularly easy targets., that unfor…

noun

An adhesive label or notice, generally printed or illustrated.

Usage examples:

A disabled sticker for our car

noun

A small piece of paper with a picture or writing on one side and a sticky substance on the other

Usage examples:

Dana collects stickers of cartoon characters.

noun

A small piece of paper or plastic with a picture or writing on one side and glue or a similar substance on the other side, so that it will fix onto a surface

Usage examples:

The painting had a sticker on saying "sold"., there were two different price stickers on the shoes …

noun

A small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.

Usage examples:

The shopkeeper undid the clasp binding the date book closed and heaved it open, revealing a binder …

verb

Short for tableau curtains.

verb

Use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Usage examples:

The user can tab to the phrase and press enter

noun

A label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information.

Usage examples:

He gave his pet a collar with a metal name tag

verb

Attach a label to.

Usage examples:

Mothers suspected that their babies had been wrongly tagged during an alarm at the hospital

verb

Touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.

Usage examples:

Freeze tag is a game where one person is selected to chase and tag the others.

noun

A word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study.

Usage examples:

The musical term ‘leitmotiv’

verb

Another term for terminus.

noun

A period of time during which something lasts

Usage examples:

Watson’s term as chairman expired last month., he served a prison term for robbery., this budget pl…

noun

A piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.

Usage examples:

Admission is by ticket only

verb

Issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence.

Usage examples:

Park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed

noun

A small card that shows that the person holding it has paid for an activity

Usage examples:

An airline/train ticket, a movie/concert/theater ticket, have you bought your ticket yet?, a speedi…

noun

The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work.

Usage examples:

The author and title of the book

verb

Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work).

Usage examples:

A report titled the lost land

verb

Assign (an actor or actress) repeatedly to the same type of role, as a result of the appropriateness of their appearance or previous success in such roles.

Usage examples:

He tends to be typecast as the caring, intelligent male

verb

To always give an actor the same type of character to play, usually because he or she is physically suited to that type of part

Usage examples:

She soon found herself typecast as a dizzy blonde.

verb

Be characteristic or a representative example of.

Usage examples:

Tough, low-lying vegetation typifies this arctic area

verb

To be an example of a particular thing or kind of thing

Usage examples:

This trial typifies the problems juries face all the time.