/bædʒ/
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Translation
A small piece of metal or cloth that you wear to show who you are or what you have done.
Word origin
From Middle English bage, a word whose deeper origin is unknown; medieval Latin records show bagia meaning emblem.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- bage
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbadges
Examples
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A police badge proves who the officer is.
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A name badge shows other people your name.
swimming metres.
Badges can be small prizes for doing something well.
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