Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense tags, present participle tagging, past tense, past participle tagged
1. countable noun
A tag is a small piece of card or cloth which is attached to an object or person and hasinformation about that object or person on it.
Staff wore name tags.
...baggage tags.
2. See also dog tag, price tag
3. countable noun
An electronic tag is a device that is firmly attached to someone or something and sets off an alarm if that person or thing moves away or is removed.
A hospital is to fit new-born babies with electronic tags to foil kidnappers.
Sometimes, they've snapped off the security tag and just taken the one shoe.
4. See also electronic tagging
5. verb
If you tag something, you attach something to it or mark it so that it can be identified later.
Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules usingexisting laboratory lasers. [VERB noun]
The most important trees were tagged to protect them from being damaged by machinery. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: label, mark, flag, ticket More Synonyms of tag
6. countable noun
You can refer to a phrase that is used to describe someone or something as a tag.
[journalism]
Jazz was losing its elitist tag and gaining a much broader audience.
7. verb
If you tag someone in a particular way, you keep describing them using a particular phrase orthinking of them as a particular thing.
[journalism]
...the pundits were still tagging him with that age-old label, 'best of a bad bunch'. [VERB noun + with]
She has always lived in John's house and is still tagged 'Dad's girlfriend' by hischildren. [beVERB-ed noun]
8. countable noun
A tag is a short phrase or saying that you quote from a book, speech, or piece of writing.
9. uncountable noun
Tag is a children's game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch them.
10. See also question tag
Phrasal verbs:
See tag along
See tag on
More Synonyms of tag
English Easy Learning GrammarSentence tagsTags are short additions that look like questions, used at the end of a declarativesentence. They are sometimes called question tags, but many sentences ... Read more
tag in British English1
(tæɡ)
noun
1.
a piece or strip of paper, plastic, leather, etc, for attaching to something by oneend as a mark or label
a price tag
2. Also called: electronic tag
an electronic device worn, usually on the wrist or ankle, by an offender serving a noncustodial sentence, which monitors the offender's whereabouts by means of a link to a central computer through the telephone system
3.
a small piece of material hanging from or loosely attached to a part or piece
4.
a point of metal or other hard substance at the end of a cord, lace, etc, to prevent it from fraying and to facilitate threading
5.
an epithet or verbal appendage, the refrain of a song, the moral of a fable, etc
6.
a brief quotation, esp one in a foreign language
the speech was peppered with Latin tags
7.
(in a computer language such as HTML) an electronic code describing how a specific portion of text is to be processed
8.
a word or phrase added to a document, photograph, etc on a computer network to enable it to be retrieved by someone searching for that topic
9. grammar
a. Also called: tag question
a clause added on to another clause to invite the hearer's agreement or conversational cooperation. Tags are usually in the form of a question with a pronoun as subject, the antecedent of which is the subject of the main clause; as isn't it in the bread is on the table, isn't it?
b.
a linguistic item added on to a sentence but not forming part of it, as John in are you there, John?
10.
an ornamental flourish as at the end of a signature
11.
the contrastingly coloured tip to an animal's tail
12.
a matted lock of wool or hair
13. angling
a strand of tinsel, wire, etc, tied to the body of an artificial fly
14. slang
a graffito consisting of a nickname or personal symbol
verbWord forms: tags, tagging or tagged(mainly tr)
15.
to mark with a tag
16.
to monitor the whereabouts of (an offender) by means of an electronic tag
17.
to add or append as a tag
18.
to add a tag to (a document, photograph, etc on a computer network)
19.
to supply (prose or blank verse) with rhymes
20. (intr; usually foll by on or along)
to trail (behind)
many small boys tagged on behind the procession
21.
to name or call (someone something)
they tagged him Lanky
22.
to cut the tags of wool or hair from (an animal)
23. slang
to paint one's one's nickname or personal symbol on (a building, wall, etc)
Word origin
C15: of uncertain origin; related to Swedish tagg point, perhaps also to tack1
tag in British English2
(tæɡ)
noun
1. Also called: tig
a children's game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to catch one of them who will then become the chaser
2.
the act of tagging one's partner in tag wrestling
3. (modifier)
denoting or relating to a wrestling contest between two teams of two wrestlers, in which only one from each team may be in thering at one time. The contestant outside the ring may change places with a team-mate inside the ring after touching his or her hand
verbWord forms: tags, tagging or tagged(transitive)
4.
to catch (another child) in the game of tag
5.
(in tag wrestling) to touch the hand of (one's partner)
Word origin
C18: perhaps from tag1
tag in American English
(tæg)
noun
1. Archaic
a hanging end or rag, as on a torn skirt
2.
any small part or piece hanging from or loosely attached to the main piece
3.
a hard-tipped end, as of metal, on a cord or lace, to give stiffness for drawingthrough holes; aglet
4.
a piece of bright material tied next to the fly on a fishhook
5. US
a card, ticket, plastic marker, etc. tied or attached to something as a label or worn as identification, etc.
a price tag, a name tag
6.
an epithet or sobriquet
7.
a.
an ornamental, instructive, or strikingly effective ending for a speech, story, etc.
b.
a short, familiar quotation, esp. when used as such an ending
8.
tag line
9.
the last part of any proceeding
10.
a loop on a garment for hanging it up, or on a boot for pulling it on
11.
a flourish or decorative stroke in writing
12.
a.
a lock of hair
b.
a matted lock of wool
13.
a children's game in which one player, called “it,” chases the others with the objectof touching, or tagging, one of them and making that one “it” in turn
14.
a tiny amount of radioactive isotope incorporated into a compound so that it can be readily traced through a chemical reaction, physiological cycle, etc.
15. Obsolete
the rabble
see also ragtag
16. Baseball
the act of tagging
verb transitiveWord forms: tagged or ˈtagging
17.
to provide with a tag; fasten a tag to; label
18.
to identify by an epithet
19.
to choose or select
20.
to end (a speech, story, etc.) with a tag
21. US
to overtake and touch in or as in the game of tag
22. US
to print (a postage stamp) with luminescent ink so that ultraviolet light can locate the stamp for cancellation and sorting
chiefly in the past participle
23. Informal
to strike or hit hard
24. Informal
to follow close behind
25. US, Informal
a.
to put a parking ticket on (a vehicle)
b.
to charge with lawbreaking
he was tagged for speeding
26. US, Baseball
to touch (a base runner) with the ball or to touch (a base) with the ball or while holding the ball, withthe aim of putting the runner out
verb intransitive
27. Informal
to follow close behind a person or thing
usually with along, after, etc.
Idioms:
tag up
Derived forms
tagger (ˈtagger)
noun
Word origin
ME tagge, prob. < Scand, as in Swed tagg, a point, spike, Norw, a point; akin to Ger zacke, a point, jag: see tack
tag in Retail
(tæg)
Word forms: (regular plural) tags
noun
(Retail: Store fixtures and layout)
A tag is a plastic, fabric or cardboard label attached to a product, such as a hang tag or security tag.
The tags on the sweaters were attached with small safety pins.
The price tags on their children's range are cute animal shapes that children like to collect.
A tag is a plastic, fabric or cardboard label attached to a product, such as a hang tagor security tag.
Examples of 'tag' in a sentence
tag
Everything comes displayed with a price tag.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They want volunteers to wear tags to make sure they work.
The Sun (2016)
Not for the ability which was to earn him the tag as one of the best holding midfielders of his generation.
The Sun (2016)
It was found to have charged the government for putting electronic tags on dead ornon-existent prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The group is reportedly up for sale with a price tag of more than 600m.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I ended up at the festival in my navy pencil skirt and name tag!
The Sun (2016)
PRISON chiefs are asking officers to test electronic tags to check they are comfortable enough for criminals.
The Sun (2016)
Neither Electronic tagging or free-range parenting?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Neither of these two invisible groups wear name tags.
Christianity Today (2000)
They were also fitted with wing tags.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It tastes as good as the big brands but without the hefty price tags.
The Sun (2010)
Hospital tags from when they were born.
The Sun (2014)
Pour into watch moulds and attach the tea tags.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Once the system knows your gamer tag it is fully automatic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They will wear electronic ankle tags and be subject to curfews.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The behaviour was observed by a boat crew and recorded using tagging devices.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The implicit challenge of the tag line is brilliant.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The price tag is still extremely steep.
The Sun (2009)
That includes his own joke that he could have done with an electronic tag at one point.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When the price tag was removed most preferred the cheapest one.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Maybe we should have worn name tags.
The Sun (2009)
The security firm charged for tagging criminals who did not have tags fitted.
The Sun (2013)
It also accounts for the hefty price tags.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He still wears the electronic tag imposed as part of his bail conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Items such as bags of sugar or rice have layers of price tags stuck one on top of another.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Where else can you watch a brawl between lions or a game of tag between a monkey and a dog?
The Sun (2012)
The offenders know that near the end of their tagging terms they can ignore the curfews because court proceedings are rarely pursued.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Not one individual justifies the world-class tag.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The tag claims'It ends here'.
The Sun (2015)
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In other languages
tag
British English: tag /tæɡ/ NOUN
A tag is a small piece of card or cloth which is attached to an object and has information about that object on it.
The jackets still had their price tags attached.
American English: tag
Arabic: بِطَاقَة
Brazilian Portuguese: etiqueta para identificação
Chinese: 标签
Croatian: oznaka
Czech: visačka
Danish: mærke
Dutch: etiket
European Spanish: etiqueta
Finnish: lappu hintalappu ym.
French: étiquette
German: Schild
Greek: ταμπέλα
Italian: etichetta
Japanese: 付け札
Korean: 꼬리표
Norwegian: merkelapp
Polish: metka
European Portuguese: etiqueta
Romanian: etichetă
Russian: ярлык
Latin American Spanish: etiqueta
Swedish: etikett märke
Thai: แถบป้ายบอกข้อมูล
Turkish: etiket bilişim
Ukrainian: етикетка
Vietnamese: nhãn hàng
British English: tag VERB
If you tag something, you attach something to it or mark it so that it can be identified later.
He has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using lasers.
American English: tag
Brazilian Portuguese: etiquetar
Chinese: 给…贴标签
European Spanish: etiquetar
French: marquer
German: markieren
Italian: marcare
Japanese: 識別する
Korean: 표시를 달다
European Portuguese: etiquetar
Latin American Spanish: etiquetar
All related terms of 'tag'
tag on
If you tag something on , you add it.
tag up
to return to the base and touch it before taking another lead or running
dog tag
Dog tags are metal identification discs that are worn on a chain around the neck by members of the United States armed forces.
ear tag
an identification tag fastened to the ear of an animal
tag day
a day on which money is publicly solicited as for some charity , each contributor being given a tag
tag end
the last part of something
hang tag
A hang tag is a small cardboard or plastic label that hangs from an item of clothing and gives information such as size , color , fabric, and price.
meta tag
an element of HTML that describes the contents of a Web page , placed near the beginning of the page's source code , and used by search engines to index pages by subject
price tag
If something has a price tag of a particular amount , that is the amount that you must pay in order to buy it.
RFID tag
RFID tags are barcodes that make use of radio waves to send information tracking individual products at every stage, from delivery to stockroom to checkout , in a networked system.
skin tag
a small growth loosely attached to the skin, esp around the eyes, neck , armpits , or groin
tag along
If someone goes somewhere and you tag along , you go with them, especially when they have not asked you to.
tag line
The tag line of something such as a television commercial or a joke is the phrase that comes at the end and is meant to be amusing or easy to remember .
tag sale
a garage sale of items that have price tags
tag-team
designating or having to do with a form of professional wrestling in which two-member teams compete , with teammates alternating in the ring
question tag
In grammar, a question tag is a very short clause at the end of a statement which changes the statement into a question. For example, in 'She said half price, didn't she?', the words 'didn't she' are a question tag.
tag question
a clause added on to another clause to invite the hearer's agreement or conversational cooperation . Tags are usually in the form of a question with a pronoun as subject, the antecedent of which is the subject of the main clause; as isn't it in the bread is on the table, isn't it?
treasury tag
a short piece of cord having metal ends one of which can be slotted inside the other: used for holding papers together or fastening them into a file
electronic tag
a piece or strip of paper, plastic , leather , etc, for attaching to something by one end as a mark or label
identification tag
a tag attached to something or someone in order to identify them
nametag
an identification tag or badge bearing a person's name
ragtag
If you want to say that a group of people or an organization is badly organized and not very respectable , you can describe it as a ragtag group or organization.
tig
a piece or strip of paper, plastic , leather , etc, for attaching to something by one end as a mark or label