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brand

UK/ˈbɹænd/ US/brænd/ common
noun (6) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

a recognizable kind

  • “there”
  • “;”
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3.
4.

a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

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5.

a symbol of disgrace or infamy

  • “And the Lord set a mark upon Cain” -Genesis
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6.

verb

1.

burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

2.

to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

  • “He denounced the government action”
  • “She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock”
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3.

mark or expose as infamous

  • “She was branded a loose woman”
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Origin

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; brew”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

Phrases

  • advertising research
  • brand avatar
  • brand awareness
  • brand book
  • brand equity
  • brand from the burning
  • brand goose
  • brand image
  • brand new
  • branding moment
  • copy testing
  • global advertising

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