label
part of speech
noun (a label, labels); verb (label, labels, labelled/labeled, labelling/labeling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it. tree →
2) To label something is to put a label on it or write names on its parts. tree →
3) To label a diagram is to write the names of its parts with lines pointing to them. tree →
4) To label someone is to describe them with a word, often unfairly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and maths, you label diagrams, axes on graphs and parts of a plant. In everyday safety, read labels on food (allergies, sell-by dates), medicine (how much to take) and cleaning products (warning signs). Clothes labels tell you size and how to wash them. Phrases: label the diagram, price label, warning label, name label, label the axes.
examples
- Label the parts of the flower. tree →
- Read the label before you take any medicine. tree →
- Put a name label on your lunch box. tree →
- The label says the jumper must be washed cold. tree →
- Label both axes on your bar chart. tree →
- This label warns that the product is poisonous. tree →
- It's unkind to label someone as lazy. tree →
- Its china label was quite coated over with dirt and cobwebs. tree →
note
British spelling: labelled, labelling; American spelling: labeled, labeling. On a graph, labels must include units, like "time (seconds)". Food labels list allergens, often in bold.
In the corpora
- Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.
- Repeat a guess enough times and it sticks to a person like a label.
- US television shows have their own labels, such as TV-Y for young children, TV-PG and TV-14.
- Honesty for an AI starts with three labels: what you know, what you heard and what you guess.
- A label gives the artist, date and material, but you can enjoy art just by looking and asking yourself questions.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «label» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.