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label

verb
label pronunciation English ˈleɪbl label pronunciation American ˈleɪbl
 
labelling, labelled, especially US labeling, labeled [often passive]1 label something to fix a label on something or write information on somethingWe carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date.The file was labelled ‘Private’.2 to describe somebody/something in a particular way, especially unfairlylabel somebody/something (as) something| label somebody/something + noun He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.label somebody/something + adjective It is unfair to label a small baby as naughty.