Meaning

22 senses
  1. Physical appendage.

    A small label.

    He has a tag hung on his bag.

    Etikett, Marke, Anhänger

    ярлы́кjarlýk, би́ркаbírka, этике́ткаetikétka

    a small piece of cloth

  2. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

  3. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

  4. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.

  5. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

  6. Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.

  7. Something mean and paltry; the rabble, originally refer to rag as torn cloth.

  8. Last nonphysical appendage.

    The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.

  9. The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.

  10. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

  11. Nonphysical label.

    (informal)An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").

  12. A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

    The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.

    The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang.

    Tag

    тегteg, тэгtɛg

    теґteg, тегteh

Examples

205 sentences
  1. I can't see the price tag.

    Я не бачу цінник.

    ruЯ не вижу ценник.

    deIch kann das Preisschild nicht sehen.

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  2. You don't have a name tag.

    У вас немає бейджа з іменем.

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  3. Tom doesn't have a name tag.

    У Тома немає бейджа.

    deTom hat kein Namensschild.

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  4. Tom was wearing a name tag.

    У Тома була табличка з його іменем.

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  5. Why don't we play tag?

    Чому б нам не зіграти в квача?

    ruПочему бы нам не сыграть в теги?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
computing: element in a markup language:
Русский
By meaning 4
small label:
computing: element in a markup language:
slang: person's name:
game:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
small label:
computing: element in a markup language:
game:

Origin

From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North German

From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

Borrowed from Aramaic תגא (taga, “crown”). Doublet of taj.

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Forms

plural: tags / tagin / tagim
Singulartag

uncountable

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.:ticket
  • a small piece of cloth:ragshredtag endtatter

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

59 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • name tag
  • the price tag
  • a name tag
  • price tag
  • tag along
  • playing tag
  • to tag along
  • play tag

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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