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badge

[baj]

noun

  1. a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc..

    a police badge;

    a merit badge.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. any emblem, token, or distinctive mark.

    He thinks rich people buy art mainly as a badge of their sophistication and success.

  3. 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.

  4. Digital Technology.digital badge.



verb (used with object)

badged, badging 
  1. to furnish or mark with a badge.

badge

/ æ /

noun

  1. a distinguishing emblem or mark worn to signify membership, employment, achievement, etc

  2. any revealing feature or mark

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • badgeless adjective
  • unbadged adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of badge1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English baggys (plural); akin to Anglo-French bage “badge, emblem”; further origin unknown
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of badge1

C14: from Norman French bage ; related to Anglo-Latin bagia
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"The amount of stuff you've got to do... medical appointments, or just extra stuff like forms to fill in, grant applications, blue badge applications."

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All this after the prime minister and the chancellor sought to badge their Spending Review on Wednesday as the beginning of a new chapter.

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The government is seeking to badge this moment as a turning point.

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"We let ourselves down. We let the country down. We let the badge down. It really wasn't good enough," said England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White.

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In one of the more tense exchanges, federal officers with Department of Homeland Security badges fired what appeared to be tear gas and pepper spray and some kind of non-lethal round towards the crowd.

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What doesbadge mean?

A badge is a small object or card used to identify oneself in an official way. Most commonly, badge refers to the small metal medallion worn or carried by police officers or other law enforcement members. They’re often shaped like shields or stars.Badge also commonly refers to the official identification card of a worker, especially one that’s pinned to their clothing or worn on a lanyard or cord around their neck. Such badges are often used for security purposes—having a badge allows a worker to enter the building or access certain parts of it.Example: You pull another stunt like that and I’ll have you turn in your badge, Officer Hotshot!

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