label
noun
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc..
labelled
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past participleof label.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof label.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
labelnouna slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc..
Example Sentences
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The entire landmass was labelled "United States of America".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Earlier this year, a court labelled the group "extremist", making its supporters subject to prosecution and effectively outlawing any cooperation with it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tyson Fury has labelled Anthony Joshua a "coward" as the pair face a tense wait to see whether their long-awaited all-British heavyweight bout can be agreed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Earlier in the week, Itauma said Hrgovic - who has repeatedly labelled him a "kid" - was beginning to get under his skin.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
From eighteen hundred bottles eighteen hundred carefully labelled infants were simultaneously sucking down their pint of pasteurized external secretion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
