verb🔗ShareTo put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something)."The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."itembusinessorganizationindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing."The librarian labelled the new books with their subject codes. "itemcommunicationorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell."The researchers labelled the glucose molecules with carbon-14 so they could track how the cells used them for energy. "chemistrybiochemistrybiologymedicinescienceprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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"The scientist labelled the protein with a fluorescent dye so she could track its movement inside the cell under a microscope. "biologybiochemistrymedicinesciencetechnicalfunctionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving a label, tagged."The butterfly collection had each specimen labelled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper."signitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDefined or described (as)."He was labelled a racist for his remarks."languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading