verb Download 🔗Share To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). Examples : "The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop." item business organization industry 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 librarian labelled the new books with their subject codes. " item communication organization 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 researchers labelled the glucose molecules with carbon-14 so they could track how the cells used them for energy. " chemistry biochemistry biology medicine science 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 labelled the protein with a fluorescent dye so she could track its movement inside the cell under a microscope. " biology biochemistry medicine science technical function process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having a label, tagged. Examples : "The butterfly collection had each specimen labelled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper." sign item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Defined or described (as). Examples : "He was labelled a racist for his remarks." language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading