verb Download 🔗Share To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). Examples : "The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop." sign communication item action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. Examples : "The teacher labeled the new students as "beginners" to organize them into the correct class. " sign communication writing item type word info Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The scientists labeled the glucose molecules with carbon-14 to track how the body processes sugar. " chemistry biochemistry biology science medicine process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Examples : "The scientist labeled the protein with a fluorescent dye to track its movement within the cell. " biology biochemistry medicine science process technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having a label, tagged. Examples : "The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper." sign item business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Defined or described. Examples : "He was labeled as a racist for his otherwise innocent remark." language linguistics word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having an atom replaced by a radioactive isotope Examples : "Insulin labeled with iodine-125 was used as a tracer" chemistry biology biochemistry medicine substance technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading