Taft, William Howard
Taft, William Howard

tag


Definition: Meaning of, tag in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / taɡ /

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tag tags
  1. small piece of paper etc [countable] a small piece of paper, plastic etc attached to something to show what it is, who owns it, what it costs etc
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  2. game [uncountable] a children's game in which one player chases and tries to touch the others
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  3. electronic object also electronic tag [countable] British English a piece of equipment that you attach to an animal or person, especially someone who has just left prison, so that you always know where they are
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  4. computer [countable] a computer CODE attached to a word or phrase in a computer document in order to arrange the DATA in a particular way
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  5. name [countable] a word or phrase which is used to describe a person, group, or thing, but which is often unfair or not correct
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  6. grammar [countable] technical a TAG QUESTION
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  7. name painted on wall [countable] informal especially American English someone's name that they paint illegally on a wall, vehicle etc
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  8. car American English tags [plural] informal the LICENSE PLATE s on a car
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  9. car American English [countable] a small piece of sticky plastic with a date on it that you put on your car's LICENSE PLATE to show that the car is legally allowed on the road in that year
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tag tagged tagged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
tagging tags
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  1. to attach a tag to something
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  2. to give someone or something a name or title, or describe them in a particular way
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  3. to attach a tag in a computer program or document
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  4. informal to illegally paint your name on a wall, vehicle etc
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  5. American English to touch someone you are chasing in a game, especially to touch someone with the ball in baseball
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tag used in phrases

  • dog tag (noun)
    1. a small piece of metal that soldiers wear on a chain around their necks with their name, blood type etc written on it
  • name tag (noun)
    1. a small sign with your name on it that you wear
  • price tag (noun)
    1. a piece of paper with a price on it that is attached to something in a shop
    2. the amount that something costs
  • question tag (noun)
    1. technical a phrase such as 'isn't it?', 'won't it?', or 'does she?' that you add to the end of a statement to make it a question or to check that someone agrees with you, as in the sentence: 'You're from Hamburg, aren't you?'
  • tag cloud (noun)
    1. internet a visual depiction of user-generated tags, typically used to describe the content of web sites and having the more significant tags shown in a correspondingly larger or bolder font
  • tag end (noun)
    1. a small piece of cloth or paper
  • tag line (noun)
    1. the point of a joke or humorous story
  • tag question (noun)
    1. a question that is formed by adding a phrase such as 'can't we?', 'wouldn't he?', or 'is it?' to a sentence
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tag used in phrasal verbs

  • tag along (phrasal verb)
    1. to go somewhere with someone else although you are not needed
  • tag on (phrasal verb)
    1. to add something extra, especially something that does not seem to belong to the rest
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