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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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proof
English
Etymology
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.
Pronunciation
- (UK, Canada) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?u?f/
- (US) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?uf/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p???f/
- Rhymes: -u?f
Noun
proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- But the false Fox most kindly played his part,
- For whatsoever mother-wit or art
- Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,
- No counterpoint of cunning policy,
- No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.
- But he the same did to his purpose wring.
- c. 1633, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice, Act 1, Scene 1,
- France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,
- Yourself for horsemanship much famed; and there
- You shall have many proofs to shew your skill.
- 1831, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, Volume 2,
- A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- I'll have some proof.
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-Soul in Essays: First Series,
- It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence."
- 1990 October 16, Paul Simon, "Proof" in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.,
- Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun
- But proof, yes
- Proof is the bottom line for everyone
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (obsolete) Experience of something.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
Hyponyms
- artist's proof
- conditional proof
- printer's proof
- proof reader
- working proof
Derived terms
- burden of proof
- proof of concept
- prooflike
Related terms
- probe
- prove
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???? (pruf), ?????? (prúfy)
- ? Russian: ????????? (pruflínk, literally “proof + link”)
Translations
Adjective
proof (comparative more proof, superlative most proof)
- Used in proving or testing.
- Firm or successful in resisting.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- This was a good, ?tout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philo?ophick ?ynod.
- quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event
- The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proof (third-person singular simple present proofs, present participle proofing, simple past and past participle proofed)
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
- (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
Translations
Derived terms
- overproof
- proofing
- underproof
Further reading
- proof in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- proof in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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