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badge(băj) |
[Middle English bagge, from Norman French bage.]
badge badge v.| Thesaurus: badge |
noun
| US Military Dictionary: badge |
n. a distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, licensed employment, etc.
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A badge is a device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath (e.g., police and fire), a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification. They are also used in advertising and publicity.
Badges have become highly collectible: in the UK, for example, the Badge Collectors' Circle has been in existence since 1980.[1]
In the military, badges are often used to denote qualifications received through military training. Similarly, scouting organizations use them to show group membership and rank.
Members of fraternities and sororities often refer to the pins that signify their membership as badges.
One of the best-known badges is the typically star-shaped U.S. sheriff's badge, made famous in Westerns.
The BBC children's programme Blue Peter also awards its own "Blue Peter badge" to members of the public who appear on the show. These are highly collectible as they cannot be bought - except from people who have been awarded one and wish to sell it.
Case badges are also thick (about 3 mm deep), 3 cm x 3 cm lucite stickers that are often packaged with various computer parts, such as processors and video cards. Modern computer cases are frequently embellished with an indentation on the case's front panel to facilitate the affixing of a case badge.
In work places employees are often issued name badges which identify them. Name badges are also commonly issued in high schools and hospitals. They are often used to tell legitimate workers from impersonators.
Badges can be made from a wide range of materials such as metal, plastic, rubber, leather and textiles. Textile badges, for example, can be either woven or embroidered.
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| Translations: Translations for: Badge |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - badge, emblem, politiskilt
v. tr. - give emblem
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Nederlands (Dutch)
insigne, kenmerk, een onderscheiding verlenen, van kenteken voorzien, speldje, badge
Français (French)
n. - marque, badge, (Mil) insigne, (fig) signe distinctif
v. tr. - marquer d'un badge, marquer d'un signe distinctif
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Abzeichen, Plakette
v. - kennzeichnen, mit einem Abzeichen versehen
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κονκάρδα, διακριτικό, χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα, (προσκοπικό κ.λπ.) πτυχίο, σύμβολο θυρεού
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Italiano (Italian)
insegna, distintivo
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - distintivo (m), insígnia (f), símbolo (m)
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Русский (Russian)
нашивка, значок, знак отличия
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Español (Spanish)
n. - insignia, distintivo, medalla, símbolo
v. tr. - condecorar, distinguir
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - märke, emblem, bricka, kännetecken
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
徽章, 证章, 纪念章, 奖章, 标志, 标记, 授给...徽章
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中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 徽章, 證章, 紀念章, 獎章, 標誌, 標記
v. tr. - 授給...徽章
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 휘장, 인식표, 상징
v. tr. - ~에 표를[휘장을] 달다
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) شارة, علامه, شعار
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תג, אות, סמל
v. tr. - ענד
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| US Military Dictionary. The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Badge". Read more |
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