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Definition of labeling : of Label

Synonyms:

cueing, motioning, marking, notifying, guiding, signaling, gesticulating, noting, nodding, pointing out, symbolizing, flagging, waving, shrugging, alerting, pointing, denoting, winking, prompting, designating, branding, beckoning, stamping, tagging, nudging, ticketing, gesturing, betokening, indicating

categorizing, assorting, sorting, classing, pigeonholing, grouping, casting, ordering, classifying, arranging, typing

identifying, christening, naming, terming, titling, calling

Usage examples:

• As we look back with the knowledge of our later life, we translate the heart- burnings as unconscious protests against labeling your free soul, against testing your reasoning conviction of to- morrow by any shibboleth of to- day's belief. - "Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897", Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• Westby had completed his geometrical figures and was now engaged in labeling them with letters. - "The Jester of St. Timothy's", Arthur Stanwood Pier.
• Labeling him was a matter of deep concern. - "In a Little Town", Rupert Hughes.