Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to label
Participle: labeled; labelled
Gerund: labeling; labelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | label |
| you | label |
| he;she;it | labels |
| we | label |
| you | label |
| they | label |
Perfect
| I | have labeled; labelled |
| you | have labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | has labeled; labelled |
| we | have labeled; labelled |
| you | have labeled; labelled |
| they | have labeled; labelled |
Past
| I | labeled; labelled |
| you | labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | labeled; labelled |
| we | labeled; labelled |
| you | labeled; labelled |
| they | labeled; labelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had labeled; labelled |
| you | had labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | had labeled; labelled |
| we | had labeled; labelled |
| you | had labeled; labelled |
| they | had labeled; labelled |
Future
| I | will label |
| you | will label |
| he;she;it | will label |
| we | will label |
| you | will label |
| they | will label |
Future Perfect
| I | will have labeled; labelled |
| you | will have labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | will have labeled; labelled |
| we | will have labeled; labelled |
| you | will have labeled; labelled |
| they | will have labeled; labelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | label |
| you | label |
| he;she;it | label |
| we | label |
| you | label |
| they | label |
Perfect
| I | have labeled; labelled |
| you | have labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | have labeled; labelled |
| we | have labeled; labelled |
| you | have labeled; labelled |
| they | have labeled; labelled |
Imperfect
| I | labeled; labelled |
| you | labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | labeled; labelled |
| we | labeled; labelled |
| you | labeled; labelled |
| they | labeled; labelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had labeled; labelled |
| you | had labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | had labeled; labelled |
| we | had labeled; labelled |
| you | had labeled; labelled |
| they | had labeled; labelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would label |
| you | would label |
| he;she;it | would label |
| we | would label |
| you | would label |
| they | would label |
Perfect
| I | would have labeled; labelled |
| you | would have labeled; labelled |
| he;she;it | would have labeled; labelled |
| we | would have labeled; labelled |
| you | would have labeled; labelled |
| they | would have labeled; labelled |
Imperative
| you | label |
| we | Let's label |
| you | label |
Verbs conjugated like 'label'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'label'
labell,
libel,
abet,
amel,
avel,
bagel,
cabal,
debel,
delabel,
fael,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- give a label to in order to categorise
- classify
- to identify by or divide into classes
- brand, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, measure, peg, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide
- identify
- designate, mark, brand, name, classify, specify, categorize
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1320, "narrow band or strip of cloth," from O.Fr. label, lambel "ribbon, fringe" (Fr. lambeau "strip, rag, shred, tatter"), possibly from Frank. *labba (cf. O.H.G. lappa "flap"), from P.Gmc. *lapp- (see lap (n.)). Sense of "strip attached to a document to hold a seal" evolved in M.E. (c.1380), and general meaning of "tag, sticker, slip of paper" is from 1679. Meaning "circular piece of paper in the center of a gramophone record" (1907), containing information about the recorded music, led to meaning "a recording company" (1952). The verb meaning "to affix a label to" is from 1601; fig. sense of "to categorize" is from 1853.
2. From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
Sample Sentences
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The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
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He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
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A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece. [1972 December 29, Richard Schickel, “Masterpieces underrated and overlooked”, in Life, volume 73, number 25, page 22:]
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The other side can label and name-call all they want, but I trust the American people to recognize that it is not surrender to end the war in Iraq so that we can rebuild our military and go after Al Qaida's leaders. [2008 May 7, Barack Obama, “Transcript: Senator Obama's remarks in North Carolina”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2018:]
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And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy. [2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN:]
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They may be used to label and image a protein within tissue, to isolate cells on the basis of marker expression, or to physically capture a protein from a complex biological mixture.... [Apr 15 2015, “Protein binder woes”, in Nature Methods:]