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Collocations for label - noun

1. paper, etc. attached to sth

ADJECTIVE

adhesive, sticky
package
product
clothing, food, nutrition (esp. AmE)
address, mailing (AmE)
luggage (esp. BrE)
price
warning
care
The care label says ‘dry-clean only’.
designer
clothes with a designer label

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VERB + label

bear, carry, have
It doesn't have a price label on it.
attach, put on, stick on
She stuck labels on all the jars.
remove, take off
check, consult, read
Always read the label before taking any medicine.

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PREPOSITION

on a/the label
What does it say on the label?
label on
the label on the bottle

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2. description

ADJECTIVE

ideological, party

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VERB + label

apply, assign, attach, slap on, use
Why do we need to attach a label to these feelings?
One sometimes feels that the label ‘classic’ is applied to any book that is dull.
reject

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3. company; brand

ADJECTIVE

music, record
major
independent, indie
brand-name (esp. AmE), private
designer
Designer labels grew by nearly 4% in 2007.

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VERB + label

launch
sign to, sign with
The band is hoping to sign with a major label.

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PREPOSITION

under a/the label
The record was produced under the Virgin label.

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Collocations for label - verb

1. put a label on sth

ADVERB

appropriately, correctly, properly
incorrectly, wrongly
Some of the plants were wrongly labelled/labeled.
carefully, clearly, neatly
a pile of small plastic bags, each carefully labelled/labeled.

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PREPOSITION

with
The samples were all labelled/labeled with a date and place of origin.

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2. describe sb/sth as a particular thing

ADVERB

falsely
She was falsely labelled/labeled a liar.
automatically

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PREPOSITION

as
It would be easy to label the boys as troublemakers.

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Label is used with these nouns as the object:
coward, product

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