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badge

badge

477 1.4
A small sign that shows someone's membership, rank or achievement
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Now I have my name on the New York Stock Exchange badge and I can go inside.

  • You need a special access badge to enter.

  • The employees wear their tenure and in a little badge on their their shirt.

  • - What do you think this badge represents, the Boy Scouts?

  • Do you want to give me your visitor badge?

  • Being a Marxist at that time was considered to be a badge of your loyalty.

  • Look at that, a Porsche Design Studio badge, metal badge, and metallic logo.

  • So every MIT badge, student or employee badge has a Charlie chip embedded inside.

Synonyms

I.D.
vsbadge
287 3.0

A card like a badge that shows who you are and proves your age or job

highlights status, membership, or achievement rather than identity proof
name tag
vsbadge
43 1.6

A small badge that shows a person's name to identify them

focuses on status, membership, or achievement rather than identity
button
vsbadge
30 1.6

A small round badge with a pin that you wear on clothing

is any sign of status or achievement, not only small pinned pieces
insignia
vsbadge
26 7.1

A badge worn to show official rank or group membership

is a general sign showing status, membership, or achievement
membership card
vsbadge
11 2.4

A card that shows you belong to a club or group

is usually a wearable sign showing status or achievement, not only proof

Antonyms

312 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

Compounds

A sign people keep or show because they are proud of something they did

14 2.8

A small cloth badge given to scouts for learning a skill

How Official

medal
494 1.0
insignia
26 7.1
badge
477 1.4
pin
284 1.0
tag
96 1.0

Surface Forms

badge singular
badges plural

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.