multi-labeled
|mul-ti-la-beled|
/ˌmʌltiˈleɪbəld/
(multi-label)
marked with multiple labels
Etymology
'multi-labeled' originates from a modern English formation combining the prefix 'multi-' (ultimately from Latin, specifically the word 'multus', where 'multus' meant 'many') and the verb 'label' (from Middle English/Old French 'label'/'labele', meaning 'tag' or 'label').
'label' changed from Old French 'labele' into Middle English 'label', and in modern English the productive prefix 'multi-' was attached to form 'multi-label' and its past participle 'multi-labeled'.
Initially, 'label' meant 'a tag or marker'; over time the compound with 'multi-' came to mean 'marked with multiple labels', a more specific meaning used especially in technical contexts like data annotation.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'multi-label' — to assign more than one label to something.
They multi-labeled the samples to reflect multiple diagnoses.
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Adjective 1
having more than one label or tag; described or categorized with multiple labels (often used in data annotation and machine learning).
The dataset is multi-labeled, so each image can belong to several classes.
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Last updated: 2025/11/25 08:15