nnoun.communicationan emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)Examples:- they checked everyone's badge before letting them in
Derivationally Related Form:badge
Hypernyms:allegory emblem
Inherited Hypernyms:badgeemblemsymbolrepresentational processbasic cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:I.D.IDblack beltblue ribbonbuttonchevroncordon bleugrade insigniainsigniamerit badgestripestripes
Full Hyponyms:black beltblue ribbonbuttoncaduceuschevroncordonidinsigniainsignia of rankmerit badgeservice stripeshoulder flashstripewings
nnoun.cognitionany feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)Examples:- wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability
Hypernyms:characteristic feature
Inherited Hypernyms:badgefeaturepropertyconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactput a badge onExamples:- The workers here must be badged
Derivationally Related Form:badge
Hypernyms:label mark tag
Inherited Hypernyms:badgetagattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody