Search results for 'label':

label noun 1 a a note, tag or sticker that specifies details of something's contents, destination, ownership, etc; b a tag or sticker attached to something, which carries advice about how to use it, wash it, care for it, etc. 2 a word or short phrase which is used to describe a person, movement or school of thought • The label 'Left-wing' is a relative one. 3 a small strip of material, etc which has the name of the maker or designer on it. 4 a a recording company's trademark; b the sticker in the middle of a record (noun 4) that has information about the music, performers, production, etc on it. 5 computing a character or set of characters used as a means of identifying the position of an instruction by citing it in a particular place in a program (see under programme), and which, having been declared as a label, can then be referred to from elsewhere in the program. 6 chem an element, often a radioactive atom, that is used for the identification or monitoring of a chemical reaction, molecule, living organism, etc. verb (labelled, labelling or US labeled, labeling) 1 a to mark something in a specified way with a special tag, sticker, etc; b to attach a tag, sticker, etc to something. 2 to call someone or some group by a specified name. 3 chem to use an element, often a radioactive atom, to identify or monitor (a chemical reaction, a molecule, organism, etc).
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: French, meaning 'ribbon'.