Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labeled

/lˈeɪbəld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: la-beled
IPA: /lˈeɪbəld/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a label, tagged.

American usage

adj

Defined or described.

American usage

adj

Having an atom replaced by a radioactive isotope

American usage

verb

simple past and past participle of label

American usage

Example Sentences

"The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper."
"He was labeled as a racist for his otherwise innocent remark."
"Insulin labeled with iodine-125 was used as a tracer"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

labelled (alternative)

Derived Forms

colabeled dilabeled fluorolabeled monolabeled nonlabeled prelabeled semilabeled unlabeled

Phrases

doubly labeled water

Synonyms

labelled tagged

Homonyms

labelled

Rhymes With

disabled enabled labelled tabled fabled abled cabled mislabeled unlabeled gabled

Questions

How do you pronounce labeled?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈeɪbəld/.
What does labeled mean?: Having a label, tagged.

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