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brand

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[ brand ]

noun

  1. the kind, grade, or make of a product or service, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:

    the best brand of coffee.

  2. a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.
  3. a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.
  4. any mark of disgrace; stigma.

    Synonyms: taint, blot, spot, stain

  5. a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic:

    The movie was filled with slapstick—a brand of humor he did not find funny.

  6. a set of distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable image or identity for a person or thing:

    Building your personal brand will positively impact your career.

  7. a burning or partly burned piece of wood.
  8. Archaic. a sword.


verb (used with object)

  1. to label or mark with or as if with a brand.
  2. to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.
  3. to impress indelibly:

    The plane crash was branded on her mind.

  4. to give a brand name to:

    branded merchandise.

  5. to promote as a brand or brand name.

Brand

2

[ brand ]

noun

  1. Oscar, 1920–2016, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.
  2. a male given name.

Brand

1

/ brænd /

noun

  1. BrandRussell1975MEnglishTHEATRE: comedianFILMS AND TV: broadcaster Russell , born 1975, English comedian and television presenter


brand

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/ brænd /

noun

  1. a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product
  2. a trade name or trademark
  3. a particular kind or variety

    he had his own brand of humour

  4. an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership
  5. an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
  6. a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigma

    he bore the brand of a coward

  7. a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire
  8. archaic.
    1. a flaming torch
    2. a sword
  9. a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae

verb

  1. to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand
  2. to place indelibly in the memory

    the scene of slaughter was branded in their minds

  3. to denounce; stigmatize

    they branded him a traitor

  4. to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc

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Derived Forms

  • ˈbrander, noun
  • ˈbranding, noun

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Other Words From

  • brander noun
  • brandless adjective
  • non·brand adjective
  • re·brand verb (used with object)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brand1

First recorded before 950; Middle English, Old English: “burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword”; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brand1

Old English brand- , related to Old Norse brandr , Old High German brant ; see burn 1

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on brand, in keeping with the distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable identity for a person, product, or thing: He says he wants to be more compassionate, but that’s not really on brand for him.

    The hotel’s interactive website is so on brand.

    He says he wants to be more compassionate, but that’s not really on brand for him.

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Example Sentences

Brand-level campaigns, such as Sponsored Brand ads on Amazon, are a good way to own those terms and maintain Share of Voice.

Days before its launch, the brand added Todd Barrish as its head of brand development and partnerships.

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The post As the Facebook boycott ends, brand advertisers are split on what happens next with their marketing budgets appeared first on Digiday.

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Now brands have to figure out what the future of sampling looks like, and publishers can help.

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Quincey said Coca-Cola is now refocusing its marketing investments around its biggest brands and being more disciplined in its experimentation.

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But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.

“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.

Self-marriage is the ultimate brand extension of a self-obsessed, selfish populus.

Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.

“They humanized [Kim Jong-Un] quite a bit,” David Brand, 32, said following the show.

From every rank in society they had gravitated—but all were stamped with the same brand—destitution!

They were delicious, of a brand unobtainable by the public, and made from tobacco grown in one of the Balkan States.

Kip Burland was on his feet while the others remained spellbound by the brand of light.

Held in great esteem by her noble master, Mrs. Brand was consulted by him on all matters of minor importance.

"Mrs. Brand, he is my only son," returned the nobleman, not sorry to find his grief attributed to a legitimate cause.

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