Tag Meaning
/ˈtæɡ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounPhysical appendage.
nounPhysical appendage., A small label.
Sentence Examples
The product carries a high price tag.
Put a tag on the pages you want copied.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The zookeeper needs to ____ each new animal with a tracking device.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please remember to remove the price ____ from the new shirt before you wrap it up as a birthday gift today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For upon the like Proclamation there, they all came in, both tag and rag"
— 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
"Often, the tag punctuates the "we're all in this together" theme and is topped with a laugh."
— 2006, Stephen V. Duncan, A Guide to Screenwriting Success, page 300:
"Seems here like Russ would be speaking. You could use a tag here."
— (Can we date this quote?), michael, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):
"If you want to start with talk, stick a tag in right away"
— (Can we date this quote?), Jane MacDonald, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):
"You could combine these two paragraphs, I think, and rewrite to lose the tag portion of the third sentence."
— (Can we date this quote?), bart_...@hotmail.com, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The zookeeper needs to ____ each new animal with a tracking device.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please remember to remove the price ____ from the new shirt before you wrap it up as a birthday gift today.