Labelled Label ˈleɪbl Past Carefully Small Simple Verb

• we carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date.
• the file was labelled ‘private’.
• he was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.
• it is unfair to label a small baby naughty.

label

1. to fix a label on something or write information on something
• We carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date.
• The file was labelled ‘Private’.
2. to describe somebody/something in a particular way, especially unfairly
• He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.
• It is unfair to label a small baby naughty.

Extra Examples

• It would be easy to label the boys as troublemakers.
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.
• She was falsely labelled/labeled a liar.
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.
• Some of the plants were wrongly labelled.
• The samples were all labelled with a date and place of origin.
• a pile of small plastic bags, each carefully labelled/labeled.
• Every box needs to be labelled before it goes into storage.
• Make sure that all your luggage is clearly labelled.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they label
• he / she / it labels
• past simple labelled
• past participle labelled
• past simple labeled
• past participle labeled
• -ing form labelling
• -ing form labeling

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a narrow strip): from Old French, ‘ribbon’.