label

US: /ˈɫeɪbəɫ/
UK: /lˈe‍ɪbə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


label /'leibl/
  • danh từ
    • nhãn, nhãn hiệu
    • danh hiệu; chiêu bài
      • under the label of freedom and democracy: dưới chiêu bài tự do và dân chủ
    • (pháp lý) phân bổ chính (của một văn kiện)
    • (kiến trúc) mái hắt
    • ngoại động từ
      • dán nhãn, ghi nhãn
        • language labelled Haiphong: hành lý gửi đi Hải phòng
      • (nghĩa bóng) liệt vào loại, gán cho là
        • any opponent is labelled a "communist" by the reactionary government: chính phủ phản động gán cho bất cứ ai chống lại là "cộng sản"

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    1 identification, identifier, ID, mark, marker, earmark, tag, ticket, sticker, stamp, imprint, hallmark, brand, Brit docket:
    The label shows the weight, composition, and price of the contents. A proper shipping label should show both source and destination
    2 name, denomination, designation, appellation, nickname, epithet, sobriquet, classification, characterization, description:
    It is difficult to give a label to the kind of novels she writes.
    3 trade mark, trade name, brand, logo, mark:
    Many supermarket chains market products under their own label.
    v.
    4 identify (as), mark, tag, earmark, ticket, stamp, hallmark, imprint, brand, Brit docket:
    In those days, every liberal was labelled a communist. Prepared food packages must be labelled with their ingredients
    5 name, denominate, designate, call, term, dub, classify, categorize, pigeon-hole, class, characterize, describe, portray, identify, Colloq US peg:
    We cannot label Voltaire either spiritualist or materialist.

    Collocation dictionary


    1 paper, etc. attached to sth

    ADJ.

    adhesive, sticky | designer
    clothes with a designer label
    | address, luggage | price | warning

    VERB + LABEL

    bear, carry, have
    It doesn't have a price label on it.
    | attach, put on, stick on
    She stuck labels on all the jars.
    | remove, take off | read
    Always read the label before taking any medicine.

    PREP.

    on a/the ~
    What does it say on the label?
    | ~ on
    the label on the bottle

    2 description

    VERB + LABEL

    apply, attach, use
    One sometimes feels that the label ‘classic’ is applied to any book that is dull.

    3 company that produces records

    ADJ.

    record | major | independent

    VERB + LABEL

    sign to/with
    The band are hoping to sign with a major label by the end of the year.

    PREP.

    under a/the ~
    The record was produced under the Virgin label.

    1 put a label on sth

    ADV.

    correctly, properly | wrongly
    Some of the plants were wrongly labelled.
    | carefully, clearly, neatly
    a pile of small plastic bags, each carefully labelled

    PREP.

    with
    The samples were all labelled with a date and place of origin.

    2 describe sb/sth as a particular thing

    ADV.

    falsely, wrongly
    She was wrongly labelled a liar.
    | automatically

    PREP.

    as
    She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.


    Concise English dictionary


    labelled|labelling|labels|labeled|labeling'leɪbl
    noun
    +a brief description given for purposes of identification
    +trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
    +a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
    +an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
    verb
    +assign a label to; designate with a label
    +attach a tag or label to
    +pronounce judgment on
    +distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
    +distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions