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# hashtag

«hashtag» in Mova's school dictionary: **A word or phrase with the # sign in front, used on social…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hashtag, hashtags); verb (hashtag, hashtags, hashtagged, hashtagging — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A word or phrase with the # sign in front, used on social media so that posts on the same topic can be found together: #worldbookday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m1)

2) (UK) The # symbol itself is sometimes called a hashtag; it is also called hash, pound sign (US) or number sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m2)

3) (informal, joke) Said out loud before a phrase to sound trendy: hashtag winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online-safety lessons and in everyday life on social media. Phrases: use a hashtag, trending hashtag, hashtag campaign.

### examples

- The school posted photos with the hashtag #sportsday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x1)
- That hashtag is trending all over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x2)
- Type a hashtag to find posts about the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x3)
- Hashtags have no spaces between the words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x4)
- My sister said hashtag best day ever as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x5)
- Press the hashtag key at the end of the phone number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x6)

### note

Plural hashtags. In the USA the # key on a phone is often called the pound key; in the UK it is the hash key. Online safety: hashtags make your post public and easy to find.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hashtag» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.