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Antonyms for labeling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ley-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ bəl

Definition of labeling

Origin :
  • c.1300, "narrow band or strip of cloth" (oldest use is as a technical term in heraldry), from Old French label, lambel "ribbon, fringe worn on clothes" (13c., Modern French lambeau "strip, rag, shred, tatter"), possibly from Frankish *labba or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German lappa "flap"), from Proto-Germanic *lapp- (see lap (n.)).
  • Later "dangling strip of cloth or ribbon used as an ornament in dress," "strip attached to a document to hold a seal" (both early 15c.), and with a general meaning "tag, sticker, slip of paper" (1670s). Meaning "circular piece of paper in the center of a gramophone record" (1907), containing information about the recorded music, led to meaning "a recording company" (1947).
  • verb mark, describe; brand
Example sentences :
  • Next to the stamping, comes the labeling of the books to be added to the library.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • Wagner proceeded to make it so by labeling his themes, leading motives.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • In addition Marie, skilful too of touch, was put in the labeling department.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Silk » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • In labeling them use ink, as pencil marks are too easily obliterated.
  • Extract from : « Packing and Portaging » by Dillon Wallace
  • He had taken lately so to labeling her small conventionalities.
  • Extract from : « The Nest Builder » by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
  • This and other labeling of insects in cabinet is discussed in another place.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects » by C. V. Riley
  • We must remember that all our systematizing and labeling is largely without meaning to the pupils.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Arithmetic » by Edward L. Thorndike
  • Seven clips, each different, denoting a brand for labeling tobacco.
  • Extract from : « Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology » by John T. Schlebecker
  • The implications that he finds in his material and the abiding convictions he has about life and death need no labeling.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton
  • The drudgery of preparing these tax lists and recounting and labeling all the petitions was done chiefly by Miss Isabel Howland.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for labeling

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