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labelled

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verb

  1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).“The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.”
  2. (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.“He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.”
  3. 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.
  4. 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

adjective

  1. Having a label, tagged.“The butterfly collection had each specimen labelled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper.”
  2. Defined or described (as).“He was labelled a racist for his remarks.”

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