badge
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1.4
- noun
- /bædʒ/
:
insignia
- You need a special access badge to enter the secure area.
- a name badge
- wear a badge
- an identity badge
Again, the ones carrying a badge and a gun, not the others.
- Again, the ones carrying a badge and a gun, not the others.
- She has to wear the yellow badge as a Jew under the Nazis.
- And they, and one of their guys looked at that badge and said, that's too shiny.
- So you pass your, your badges, you, you're becoming a coach.
- All it took was a forged Microsoft employee badge to get me all this access.
Examples
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In the front of the cap was a small gold badge emblematic of the university.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her brown felt hat bore a badge that would have bluffed a sheriff.
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Now I have my name on the New York Stock Exchange badge and I can go inside.
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You need a special access badge to enter.
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The employees wear their tenure and in a little badge on their their shirt.
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- What do you think this badge represents, the Boy Scouts?
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Do you want to give me your visitor badge?
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Being a Marxist at that time was considered to be a badge of your loyalty.
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Look at that, a Porsche Design Studio badge, metal badge, and metallic logo.
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So every MIT badge, student or employee badge has a Charlie chip embedded inside.
Synonyms
89
1.6
A small round badge with a pin that you wear on clothing
41
1.6
A small badge that shows a person's name to identify them
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7.1
A badge worn to show official rank or group membership
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2.4
A card that shows you belong to a club or group
A card like a badge that shows who you are and proves your age or job
Antonyms
Compounds
How Official
Surface Forms
Etymology
Badge comes from old words for a small 'mark' or 'token' that people wore to show who they were or what they had done, like a pin or a medal. That's why a badge today still shows status, membership, or achievement.