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tag

/teɪɡ/

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noun

Examples :

"The teacher asked each student to put a tag on their project to show their name. "

item thing sign

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A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".

Examples :

"The children played tag during recess. "

game sport entertainment action

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A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

Examples :

"The doctor examined the small tag on her neck. "

body medicine appearance

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A type of cardboard.

Examples :

"My sister used a tag to make a small box for her craft project. "

material stationery

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Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.

Examples :

"The artist's colorful tag covered the school wall. "

art style sign culture

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

Examples :

"The sheepdog carefully avoided stepping on the tag of wool and dung on the pasture ground. "

animal body agriculture

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

Examples :

"The dialogue had many tags, such as "she said," "he asked," and "they replied," clearly indicating who was speaking. "

language writing word story literature communication

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

Examples :

"The band repeated the song's tag four times at the end to give the audience a chance to sing along. "

music entertainment

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The last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.

Examples :

"The tag of the sitcom episode focused on the struggling student's relationship with her roommate. "

media entertainment

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A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

Examples :

"The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can."

vehicle animal military item sign technology

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An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."

Examples :

"The tag was applied at second for the final out."

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

Examples :

"The tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."

computing internet language

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A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

Examples :

"I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection."

computing internet technology media communication info system word

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

Examples :

"The dress had a small tag hanging from the collar. "

item wear thing appearance

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

Examples :

"The shoelace had a metal tag at the end to prevent it from fraying. "

item part material

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

Examples :

"The play's script gave the actor his tag for the next line: "Yes, I see." "

entertainment literature communication language word stage

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Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

Examples :

"The tag of noisy, disruptive students made it hard for the teacher to conduct the lesson. "

group person society

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A sheep in its first year.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully examined the new tag, a sheep in its first year. "

animal age agriculture

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

Examples :

"The scientist added a special tag to the protein to make it easier to isolate it from other substances in the lab. "

biochemistry biology chemistry technology science

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A person's name.

Examples :

"My tag is Sarah. "

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To label (something).

Examples :

"The teacher tagged the students' papers with their names. "

mark item action communication

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(graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.

Examples :

"The teenager tagged the school bus with his graffiti. "

art culture writing mark

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To remove dung tags from a sheep.

Examples :

"Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."

animal agriculture biology

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To hit the ball hard.

Examples :

"He really tagged that ball."

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To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

Examples :

"He tagged the runner for the out."

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To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

Examples :

"I am tagging my music files by artist and genre."

computing internet info technology communication

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To follow closely, accompany, tag along.

Examples :

"My younger brother tagged along behind me to school every day. "

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To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).

Examples :

"The boy tagged his sister, and she had to run. "

game sport action

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To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.

Examples :

"The new student's clothes tag well with the school's colors. "

mark action communication

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To fasten; to attach.

Examples :

"The teacher tagged the student's papers with a colored sticker to identify them easily. "

action item technology

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A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.

Examples :

"The Torah scroll's Hebrew letters had beautiful gold tags. "

religion culture writing