brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

noun

the kind, grade, or make of a product or service, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.

a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.

a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.

any mark of disgrace; stigma.

branding iron.

a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic: The movie was filled with slapstick—a brand of humor he did not find funny.

a set of distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable image or identity for a person or thing: Building your personal brand will positively impact your career.

a burning or partly burned piece of wood.

Archaic. a sword.

verb (used with object)

to label or mark with or as if with a brand.

to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

to impress indelibly: The plane crash was branded on her mind.

to give a brand name to: branded merchandise.

to promote as a brand or brand name.

SYNONYMS FOR brand

4 stain, spot, blot, taint.

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Idioms for brand

on brand, in keeping with the distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable identity for a person, product, or thing: The hotel’s interactive website is so on brand.He says he wants to be more compassionate, but that’s not really on brand for him.

Origin of brand

First recorded before 950; Middle English, Old English: “burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword”; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn¹

OTHER WORDS FROM brand

brander, nounbrandless, adjectivenon·brand, adjectivere·brand, verb (used with object)

Words nearby brand

branch point, Branchus, branch water, branch wilt, Brancusi, brand, brandade, brand awareness, brand contamination, branded, branded content

Definition for brand (2 of 2)

Brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

noun

Oscar, 1920–2016, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.

a male given name.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for brand

Brand-level campaigns, such as Sponsored Brand ads on Amazon, are a good way to own those terms and maintain Share of Voice.
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Days before its launch, the brand added Todd Barrish as its head of brand development and partnerships.
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Now brands have to figure out what the future of sampling looks like, and publishers can help.
‘No brainer’: Marie Claire launches sampling business to boost revenue and data practice|Lucinda Southern|August 3, 2020|Digiday

Quincey said Coca-Cola is now refocusing its marketing investments around its biggest brands and being more disciplined in its experimentation.
How the world’s biggest advertisers are spending (or not) as the pandemic grinds on|Lara O'Reilly|August 3, 2020|Digiday
“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property?|Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible|Anna Nemtsova|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But both of us being artists, and with no brand behind it, we were like, “Well, how do we do this on a budget?”
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The police inspected the backpack and found two brand new hammers.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So wrought she by day, but at night she was wont to hide him in the force of fire like a brand, his dear parents knowing it not.
The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang
She cut him an immense triangle out of the cake, and again she thought of Mr. Brand.
The Europeans|Henry James
Some still are learning to hate all other persons whose religion differs from272 the brand carried in that institution.
Religious Education in the Family|Henry F. Cope
Many members of the colony left as soon after the war began as they could, but some, headed by Minister Brand Whitlock, remained.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg
"There is the old nursery," said Mrs. Brand, in breathless eagerness.
A True Friend|Adeline Sergeant

British Dictionary definitions for brand (1 of 2)

brand

/ (brænd) /

noun

a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product

a trade name or trademark

a particular kind or varietyhe had his own brand of humour

an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership

an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc

a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigmahe bore the brand of a coward

a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire

archaic, or poetic

a flaming torch
a sword

a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae

verb (tr)

to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand

to place indelibly in the memorythe scene of slaughter was branded in their minds

to denounce; stigmatizethey branded him a traitor

to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc

Derived forms of brand

branding, nounbrander, noun

Word Origin for brand

Old English brand-, related to Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant; see burn 1

British Dictionary definitions for brand (2 of 2)

Brand

/ (brænd) /

noun

Russell, born 1975, English comedian and television presenter

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