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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈleɪbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈleɪbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lā′bəl)

Inflections of 'label' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
labels
v 3rd person singular
labelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
labeling
v pres p (US)
labelled
v past (Mainly UK)
labeled
v past (US)
labelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
labeled
v past p (US)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
la•bel /ˈleɪbəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, attached to something to indicate its manufacturer, the kind of thing it is, its ownership, etc.
  2. a descriptive word or phrase:She wasn't happy with the "yuppie'' label they applied to her.
  3. a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification, as the word Physics before a dictionary definition.
  4. a brand or trademark, esp. of a manufacturer of compact discs, tape cassettes, etc.

v. 
  1. to mark with a label: [~ + object]to label all the shirts according to size.[~ + object + object]The bottle was labeled poison.
  2. to put in a certain class;
    classify: [~ + object + object]They labeled her an executive assistant. He was labeled a rebel by the town.[~ + object + adjective]That teacher was labeled tough by the students.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
la•bel  (lā′bəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. 
n. 
  1. a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
  2. a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.
  3. a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification:The following definition has the label "Archit.''
  4. Architecturea molding or dripstone over a door or window, esp. one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
  5. a brand or trademark, esp. of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.:She records under a new label.
  6. the manufacturer using such a label:a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year.
  7. Heraldrya narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son.
  8. [Obs.]a strip or narrow piece of anything.

v.t. 
  1. to affix a label to;
    mark with a label.
  2. to designate or describe by or on a label:The bottle was labeled poison.
  3. to put in a certain class;
    classify.
  4. ChemistryAlso, radiolabel. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.
  • Gmc. See lap1
  • Middle French: ribbon, perh.
  • Middle English 1275–1325
la′bel•er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
label /ˈleɪbəl/ n
  1. a piece of paper, card, or other material attached to an object to identify it or give instructions or details concerning its ownership, use, nature, destination, etc; tag
  2. a brief descriptive phrase or term given to a person, group, school of thought, etc: the label "Romantic" is applied to many different kinds of poetry
  3. a word or phrase heading a piece of text to indicate or summarize its contents
  4. a trademark or company or brand name on certain goods, esp, formerly, on gramophone records
  5. a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification
  6. a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
 vb ( -bels, -belling, -belled) ( US -bels, -beling, -beled) (transitive)
  1. to fasten a label to
  2. to mark with a label
  3. to describe or classify in a word or phrase: to label someone a liar
  4. to make (one or more atoms in a compound) radioactive, for use in determining the mechanism of a reaction
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Germanic; compare Old High German lappa ragˈlabeller, US ˈlabeler n
'label' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [nutrition, price, shipping, return, safety] label, label your [food, property, clothes], designer-label [clothing, outfits, dresses], more...

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