noun
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- A company that sells records.
- A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- A tassel.
- A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
Synonyms: category, pigeonhole, lambel, record label, sign, tag, ticket
verb
- To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- 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.
- 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
Synonyms: categorise, compartmentalise, peg, pigeonhole, price, tag
Pronunciation
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