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trade·mark
 trademark
- pronunciation:
- treId
mark
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a name, symbol, or other distinctive device used to identify a product, and usu. officially registered to restrict its use to the owner or manufacturer.
- similar words:
- brand, label
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| definition 2: |
a distinctive sign, manner, or the like that becomes associated with a person or thing.
Psychological suspense is the trademark of that film director.- similar words:
- attribute
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| related words: |
characteristic, device, earmark, make, mannerism, name, patent, trait |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
trademarked, trademarking, trademarks |
| definition 1: |
to apply a trademark to; label.
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| definition 2: |
to register (something) as a trademark.
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| related words: |
patent |
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