Kilo Lingo

/bædʒ/

Line drawing of badge
Coloured illustration of badge
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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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This word is part of lesson 58.