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badged

badge
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [baj]
    • /bædʒ/
    • /bæʤd /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [baj]
    • /bædʒ/

Definitions of badged word

  • noun badged a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.: a police badge; a merit badge. 1
  • noun badged any emblem, token, or distinctive mark: He considered a slide rule as the badge of an engineering student. 1
  • noun badged a card bearing identifying information, as one's name, symbol or place of employment, or academic affiliation, and often worn pinned to one's clothing. 1
  • noun badged Digital Technology. digital badge. 1
  • verb with object badged to furnish or mark with a badge. 1
  • noun badged Simple past tense and past participle of badge. 1

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Origin of badged

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English bag(g)e < ?

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Badged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

badged popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

badged usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for badged

noun badged

  • pinned — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
  • clasped — a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.
  • branded — A branded product is one which is made by a well-known manufacturer and has the manufacturer's label on it.
  • marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
  • sceptered — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.

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