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# label

«label» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a label, labels); verb (label, labels, labelled/labeled, labelling/labeling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#m1)

2) To label something is to put a label on it or write names on its parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#m2)

3) To label a diagram is to write the names of its parts with lines pointing to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#m3)

4) To label someone is to describe them with a word, often unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, you label diagrams, axes on graphs and parts of a plant. In everyday safety, read labels on food (allergies, sell-by dates), medicine (how much to take) and cleaning products (warning signs). Clothes labels tell you size and how to wash them. Phrases: label the diagram, price label, warning label, name label, label the axes.

### examples

- Label the parts of the flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x1)
- Read the label before you take any medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x2)
- Put a name label on your lunch box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x3)
- The label says the jumper must be washed cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x4)
- Label both axes on your bar chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x5)
- This label warns that the product is poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x6)
- It's unkind to label someone as lazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x7)
- Its china label was quite coated over with dirt and cobwebs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/#x8)

### note

British spelling: labelled, labelling; American spelling: labeled, labeling. On a graph, labels must include units, like "time (seconds)". Food labels list allergens, often in bold.

### In the corpora

- [Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/8/)
- [Repeat a guess enough times and it sticks to a person like a label.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/2/)
- [US television shows have their own labels, such as TV-Y for young children, TV-PG and TV-14.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/13/)
- [Honesty for an AI starts with three labels: what you know, what you heard and what you guess.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/0/)
- [A label gives the artist, date and material, but you can enjoy art just by looking and asking yourself questions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «label» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/label/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.