SpellRight › Spelling
Uncommonlabels
The correct spelling is labels.
How to pronounce labels
/ˈleɪbəlz/
nounIPA: /ˈleɪbəlz/
Say it like: Lab-els
The correct spelling is labels. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. For example: "Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two."
Usage Examples
“Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.”
“Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".”
“The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- 2.A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- 3.A company that sells records.
- 4.A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- 5.A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
verb
- 1.To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- 2.(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- 3.To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
- 4.To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.