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distinguish
English
Etymology
From Middle English distingwen, from Old French distinguer, from Latin distinguere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, set off, adorn, literally mark off”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stinguere. Compare extinguish.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-t?ng?gw?sh, IPA(key): /d?s?t???w??/
- Rhymes: -???w??
- Hyphenation: dis?tin?guish
Verb
distinguish (third-person singular simple present distinguishes, present participle distinguishing, simple past and past participle distinguished)
- To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
- Synonyms: differentiate, discriminate; see also Thesaurus:tell apart
- Antonym: confuse
- To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
- To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
Usage notes
In sense “see a difference”, more casual than differentiate or the formal discriminate; more casual is “tell the difference”.
Derived terms
- distinguished
- distinguishable
- distinguishing
- distinguishness
- undistinguishing
Related terms
- distinct
- distinction
- extinguish
Translations
Further reading
- distinguish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- distinguish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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label
English
Alternative forms
- labell (non-standard)
Etymology
From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lapp? (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lapp?, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?le?b?l/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Noun
label (plural labels)
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- Synonyms: sign, tag, ticket
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- Synonyms: category, pigeonhole
- (music) A company that sells records.
- Synonym: record label
- (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- Synonym: lambel
- (obsolete) A tassel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
- the arms or escutcheon of France , hanging by a label on an oak
- A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)
- (graphical user interface) A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
Derived terms
- designer label
- record label
Descendants
Translations
Verb
label (third-person singular simple present labels, present participle (UK) labelling or (US) labeling, simple past and past participle (UK) labelled or (US) labeled)
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
- (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.
- (biochemistry) 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.
- (biochemistry) 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
- 2015, "Protein binder woes" (editorial), Nature Methods, 12(5) (May): 373.
- They may be used to label and image a protein within tissue, to isolate cells on the basis of marker expression, or to physically capture a protein from a complex biological mixture....
- 2015, "Protein binder woes" (editorial), Nature Methods, 12(5) (May): 373.
Synonyms
- (put a ticket or sign on): tag, price
- (give a label to in order to categorise): categorise, compartmentalise, peg, pigeonhole; see also Thesaurus:classify
Translations
References
- label in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- label in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- (projecting moulding in architecture): Dictionary of Architecture (Architectural Publication Society of London)
Anagrams
- Abell, Beall, Bella, be-all
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English label.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?b?l/
Noun
label n (plural labels, diminutive labeltje n)
- quality label
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-tradelabel.
- Max Havelaar is the most well-known fair-trade label.
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-tradelabel.
- music label
Anagrams
- balle
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English label, itself from Old French label, lambel (“fringe, strip”), 1899.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.b?l/
Noun
label m (plural labels)
- quality label
- (music) record label
Derived terms
- labelliser
Further reading
- “label” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- balle
Old French
Alternative forms
- lambeau
- lambel
Noun
label m (oblique plural labeaus or labeax or labiaus or labiax or labels, nominative singular labeaus or labeax or labiaus or labiax or labels, nominative plural label)
- strip of fabric
- badge; insignia
- Les armes son pere a label portoit
- His weapons bore the insignia of his father
- Les armes son pere a label portoit
Descendants
- ? English: label
- ? French: label
- French: lambeau
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English label.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?j.b?l/
Noun
label m inan
- music label
Declension
Synonyms
- wytwórnia
- wytwórnia p?ytowa
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