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# labelled

«labelled» in Mova's school dictionary: **With a label on it — a small piece of paper or sticker…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, past and past participle of «label» (label, labels, labelled, labelling); adjective (labelled)

### meaning for a pupil

1) With a label on it — a small piece of paper or sticker with a name or information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#m1)

2) (of a diagram or drawing) With the names of the parts written on it and lines pointing to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#m2)

3) Described with a name or word, often unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, a «labelled diagram» names each part with a word and a line (for example a labelled plant or skeleton), and graphs need labelled axes. In everyday life, food is labelled with ingredients — important for allergies — and dangerous products are labelled with warning signs. Phrases: «a labelled diagram», «clearly labelled», «labelled as», «label the axes».

### examples

- Draw a labelled diagram of a flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x1)
- Make sure your graph has labelled axes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x2)
- All the jars were labelled with their contents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x3)
- Bottles labelled with a skull sign are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x4)
- Check food labelled «contains nuts» if you have an allergy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x5)
- His coat was labelled with his name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x6)
- She was unfairly labelled as naughty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x7)
- Each box was labelled «books», «toys» or «clothes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labelled/#x8)

### note

British: labelled, labelling (double l); American: labeled, labeling. On a labelled diagram, the label lines should be straight and should not cross. A label on a bottle helps you; never drink from an unlabelled bottle.

### In the corpora

- [A little bottle labelled "DRINK ME" appears on the table, "which certainly was not here before", Alice says.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door/12/)
- [Chemicals should always stay in their own labelled bottles, never in drink bottles or cups.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/33-medicines-and-cleaning-products/18/)
- [Cleaning products are kept in their own labelled bottles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/220-bleach-and-cleaning-products/8/)
- [A message is cut into many small packets, each labelled with the address it must reach.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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