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How to pronounce badge in English?

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Type Words
Type of allegory, emblem
Has types blue ribbon, button, chevron, cordon bleu, i.d., black belt, insignia, merit badge, stripe, stripes, grade insignia, id


they checked everyone's badge before letting them in.
Type Words
Type of feature, characteristic


wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability.
Type Words
Type of tag, label, mark


The workers here must be badged.

Examples of badge

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A detail from the badge of the SAS, who have been assisting the rebels in Libya.
From the guardian.co.uk
This week every year, Jones receives a badge granting him access to the Masters.
From the edition.cnn.com
Lisa will have a badge for each of her sons on each lapel, as she normally does.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
The badge-delete option remains, so nobody else need know you're doing your bit.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Just because it had an Ecomotive badge on the back, don't think it was sluggish.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
For Anne, who received a combat medic badge in Iraq, the disrespect was jarring.
From the kentucky.com
Leyton kept his father's hospital identification badge clipped to his sun visor.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mixed-breed ownership has become something of a badge of honor in some quarters.
From the delawareonline.com
Her sole goal in life is to earn every possible merit badge the Honeybees offer.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in"
  • Put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
  • Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"
  • A badge is a device or accoutrement, often containing the insignia of an organization, 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. ...
  • A heraldic badge is is an emblem or personal device worn as a badge to indicate allegiance to or the property of an individual or family. Medieval forms are usually called a livery badge, and also a cognizance. ...
  • "Badge" is a rock song by Cream, penned by Eric Clapton and George Harrison during a collaborative effort between Clapton, Harrison and Ringo Starr. It was included as a track on the Cream album Goodbye. ...
  • The Badge is a 2002 Mystery-thriller film, directed by Robby Henson and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette and William Devane.
  • (Badges (song)) "Badges" is a song by American punk/alternative trio The Minutemen, which was composed by the band's bassist Mike Watt.
  • A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization; A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information; A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting ...